Kintsugi Dog


First broadcast 29 August 2017 on Short Cuts (’Tough Love’), BBC Radio 4



‘I was grieving the loss of my job when a rejected dog came into my life. She was beautiful, boisterous, and traumatised. We were expecting the impossible from each other. And then I learned about Kintsugi, the Japanese art of embracing damage.’

‘Kintsugi is the art of re-creating beauty out of something that has been irreparably damaged. In this audio story, Natalie explores her own pain to show us the profound beauty hidden on the other side of human frailty.’
— Masako Fukui

CREDITS
Natalie Kestecher, Producer
Stephen Tilley, Sound engineer