【Body-Art project: KINTSUKUROI / Eng Ver.】

Body-Art ’Can you hear me?!’ English Version KINTSUKUROI - Golden Trace with Alba -Director and photographer : Karin Berndl ( ) -Calligrapher : Rie Takeda () -Story Model : Alba Cid () -Poem KINTSUKUROI 金繕いGolden Trace :Intro by Alba Cid and main text by Rie Takeda June 2023 ’’ 金繕いKintsukuroi - Poem for Alba, 2023 ’’ Intro: My skin holds the ocean of tears that women have never cried Black gravel under the skin of the soul comes to the surface to heal battle wounds The scar is the trace, like the gyres of the dry earth where grass grows again Gold dust and resin mend the broken pieces of myself ****** The sea of my tears is littered with broken mirrors. Small pieces invisible to the eye, large pieces with pointy angles. I begin to pick up these bits one by one. The pieces I find reflect in my face along with the surface of the water. I put them together like a puzzle. The pieces don’t fit into place properly. Gently, gently, as if healing a wound I polish the edges of the fragments. I take a deep breath every once in a while, to avoid cutting my fingers Then I join all the pieces together like a map. The joinery is uneven and bumpy, like a wavy pattern. This is my scar from the battles. I let the soft sunshine on this scar I decide to sprinkle it with gold dust. The gold-colored joinery reflects the light and shines more brightly. Gold scars always speak to me. I have had many battles of all kinds. Many parts have been broken. and I have survived many. Now I can warm you faster than anyone else. I am above all unbreakable I can also change - flexible Like the flow of a river. This golden glow is my pride, My beautiful light. The sea of my tears is littered with broken mirrors. Small pieces invisible to the eye, large pieces with pointy angles. I begin to pick up these bits one by one. The pieces I find reflect in my face along with the surface of the water. I put them together like a puzzle. The pieces don’t fit into place properly. Gently, gently, as if healing a wound I polish the edges of the fragments. I take a deep breath every once in a while, to avoid cutting my fingers Then I join all the pieces together like a map. The joinery is uneven and bumpy, like a wavy pattern. This is my scar from the battles. I let the soft sunshine on this scar I decide to sprinkle it with gold dust. The gold-colored joinery reflects the light and shines more brightly. Gold scars always speak to me. I have had many battles of all kinds. Many parts have been broken. and I have survived many. Now I can warm you faster than anyone else. I am above all unbreakable I can also change - flexible Like the flow of a river. This golden glow is my pride, My beautiful light. KINTSUKUROI©Rie Takeda Rie Takeda /Calligrapher, artist and lecturer. Born and raised in Hokkaido, Japan. Since 2002, I give SHODO calligraphy lessons mainly based on “one to one“ private sessions as well as group classes and workshops. Through my teaching experiences in Japan, UK and Europe with multiple age groups and backgrounds, I developed an original effective yet creative way of teaching SHODO, the Mindfulness-Method’. Which I believe works for everyone. I started practicing Shodo at the age of five under the creative supervision of her grandmother, a distinguished GAYU calligrapher. Later I began to take lessons at a Gayu SHODO calligraphy school. This laid a solid foundation not only for my development of the various layers of calligraphy technique and skills but also for the SUMIE technique in calligraphic design. I work as a freelance artist and a professional calligrapher in U.K./Europe and Japan Since 2000. Besides creating various media of calligraphy works and Neo-Japonism art, my passion for learning and teaching SHODO and the interest in developing the effective method of teaching this beautiful form of art has always been expanding. Visit and see my Neo-Japonism works and projects: