Eye of the Beholder
Genuine perfection can be found in the little existent imperfections everywhere around us.
I might be a total freak when it comes to symmetry and evenness and equal proportions and clean cuts and clear views… but when it comes to nature; be it a landscape, a face, a body, an insignificant creature, or even sometimes a melody… symmetry and evenness and clean cuts and clear views don’t matter… the slight so called imperfections only add up to the true beauty of things!
Faultless is not real; beauty is.
I don’t want absolute perfection; I’m in love with imperfect perfection!
July 6, 2008 at 2:11 pm
July 6, 2008 at 2:29 pm
and thank you for the Baz Luhrmann thingy
July 6, 2008 at 3:06 pm
anytime!
July 6, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I see you’re wearing your wise hat :p I understood now why Coelho became such a famous author: it’s because such abstract ideas like yours. Did u happen 2 read The Witch of Portobello? it’s a book capable of changing the lives if its readers, at least for some months till they start forgetting what they read
July 7, 2008 at 10:46 am
one of the posts that I find it so hard to comment!
July 7, 2008 at 11:12 am
“If I listen to some utterly perfect piece while I’m driving, I might want to close my eyes and die right then and there. But listening to D major, I can feel the limits of what humans are capable of- that a certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect and personally I find that encouraging.”
Haruki Murakami-Kafka on the shore
July 7, 2008 at 11:32 am
Marooned,
didn’t read Coelho’s novel yet, but after reading a few of his earlier works I lost my fascination with him. Try reading for Kundera, in my humble opinion he is much more genuine, honest, and deep. There’s a hint of pretense in Coelho as inspiring and enlightening as he could be! Ya3ny I think if you read more of his stuff hat7es dah aktar… sort of like what you would sometimes feel about certain “intellectuals” and “spirituals” who can only somewhat take you in for some time. bas that’s just me. I’m sure the book could be great though, i can’t deny what a great writer Coelho is!
Hurricane,
is that good or bad?
let me know if you have more thoughts on the matter!
Silent Observer,
this is beautiful.. and so true!
Thanks for sharing; I have to read this!
July 7, 2008 at 5:01 pm
yeah I wanna read Kundera, but I’ll have 2 wait l7ad ma ta3attafi w tatakarrami w tsallefeni 1 or 2 of his books :p
July 8, 2008 at 3:32 pm
What is imperfection in nature?
July 8, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Hurricane,
nature is perfect i believe (without/before man’s interference), it’s us (human beings) who see things differently! what we might see as imperfection in nature could be what WE might call uneven/unsymmetrical.. but I believe that all things in nature are in a certain sense perfect, but to the limited perception of man could be viewed otherwise!
hmm… examples of “natural imperfections”: a bent over palm tree instead of standing straight, an almost full moon before it’s round and perfect, a non-proportionate yet appealing figure, someone who could be considered too short or too tall, a yellow daffodil with a tiny pale spot on its petals, someone with one brown eye and one blue eye, anything that is not “perfect” and “pretty” in the conventional human sense but is created that way and is still beautiful inspite/because of its supposed flaw. I think the “flaw” adds to it, makes it stand out…
ahh33… this is confusing
alright… define “perfect”, for my own personal definition of “perfect” is not exactly the one in the dictionary
hehe.. you might start regretting asking me a question in a comment
July 9, 2008 at 4:00 am
or is it her! I don’t even know if Kundera is a man or a woman!
July 9, 2008 at 8:58 am
Marooned,
Milan Kundera, check this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Kundera
July 9, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Loved the post
ur absolutely right… nature is perfect in itself even if it is not symmetry
July 9, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Ma 3alina,
thanks and welcome
July 9, 2008 at 1:22 pm
hehe
Ok,… 2ana 2elly gebto lenafsy
“Perfect” is being flawless relative to a solid clear definition. And that’s why I asked you what’s imperfection in nature.
We don’t have a clear definition for perfection in most of what wee see in nature.
For example: mountains, trees,.. You may find a bent over tree and most of us will agree that it’s more beautiful than an upright one. Same for many other things that I can’t really focus on right now, but we all get to see them from time to time!
2elmawdoo3 keber
July 9, 2008 at 1:47 pm
lol, el mawdoo3 fe3lan kebeer… hmm…
bafta7 w msh ba3raf ased so chances are I might give you a headache 
and you might want to think twice before asking me such intriguing abstract questions