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• Repair, maintenance, and restoration are about building more intimate, meaningful relationships with the things around us

• Repairs store and tell stories. They are the equivalent of scars on objects.

• Repaired objects help us redefine beauty.

• Repair replaces wastefulness and shallowness with meaning and care.

• Repairing makes us truly empowered and responsible owners of our objects as opposed to mere consumers.

Getting rid of everything was necessary. I had to create space. When I arrived at the Barcelona airport with my suitcase (and recently acquired carry-on), I was struck by the overwhelming sense of freedom. I could go anywhere and be anyone.