Kintsugi

So, there's a Japanese technique called Kintsugi, which is the reparation of broken pottery using lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum. According to Wikipedia, it says, "As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as pa rt of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise."
The beauty... applied to a person, the breakage and repair is a part of the history of that person. It's not something to disguise, as more often than not, those breaks and repairs are the process that led that person to the beauty of who they have become.
To use something such as glue, would perhaps repair the damage and make it appear unscathed. But the true beauty lies in knowing how weathered something or, in this case, someone is. To see something that looks so pristine is appealing, but, in reality, we all have a story to tell. There are no pristine people, it's human nature. In some way, we have all been damaged. To hide from those wounds and scars wouldn't necessarily change who you are today. To wear them in a visible manner, is awe inspiring. To be able to see that something has weathered so many storms and still holds it's shape, I find something truly beautiful in that.