The Lesson of the Clothespin: Refusing to Discard the Broken Things in a Throwaway Culture

We The Throwaway Generation?” “The Radical Act of Repairing What Is Broken.”

Suddenly, I wasn’t just the weird guy with the junk in his garage. I was a symbol of resistance against the sanitized, polished, lonely perfection of modern life.

Strangers started leaving things on my porch. Not trash. Broken treasures.

A cracked guitar. A lamp with frayed wiring.continue reading …