The Philosophy of Imperfection
| January 23, 2012 | Posted by Linda Jo Martin under Mixed Media, Uncategorized |
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This is awfully shiny! I will try another photograph when I can do it without a flash. This was an impromptu practice piece as I’m learning and developing mixed media techniques. I did this on a piece of brown package wrapping paper… starting with the notebook page and adding all the paint, ribbon and lace. I ended with a twine ‘frame’ which ties at the bottom with a bow. A good start, now hanging on my door, out in the hallway. It makes me happy to look at it…
It is called “The Philosophy of Imperfection”. The entire point of this piece was to free myself from perfectionism and to fall in love with the imperfect. The messages on the white waves of water and streaks in the sky all are planned to remind me that perfectionism is detrimental to my well-being, and to my art.
Here are my imperfection messages:
In the sky it is written:
“There is no perfect in the human realm.”
“We are what we are.”
“You are perfect enough as you are.”
“It doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to BE.”
Further down it says:
“Perfectionism be gone.”
“Perfection is a summer day without perfectionism.”
“Philosophy of imperfection.”
“Imperfection is as good as it needs to be – get it?”
“You are perfectly awesome right now.”
In the water it says:
“Joy is found.”
“In love for the imperfect.”
“In love.”
“Jump in – the water is fine.”
“We are looking for free-flowing words.”
“No more perfectionism.”
You could say this is a pep-talk for my own self… I was raised by a perfectionist parent and am still struggling with the issue.
