Fix-It, Familiarity, and Fondness

We grow attached to things, particularly when they tell the rest of the world something about ourselves that we feel good about.  So, it is not surprising that when items that play a particular powerful role in our lives are damaged, we need to repair them so that they can continue to do their part to make us feel good. Rosalind Jana (“The Japanese Craft That Helps Us Heal,” https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220822-why-we-are-drawn-to-mending-things ) reports, for example,  on “the BBC’s show The Repair…

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