February 05th, 2018

I've been thinking about imperfections in my images (what would count as a perfect image, anyway?) and came across this from Neil Johnson:
"When an artist finds a flaw in his or her work, the artist has three choices:  ignore the flaw, repair the flaw or start over.  Or, a fourth choice:   Celebrate the flaw . . . Navajo fabric artists create beautiful weavings . . . But there in the corner is a deliberate imperfection.  The Navajos say,"That is where the spirit moves in and out' . . . I have learned over the years that I have to walk from a complex work of art and let it exist in its imperfection."

And this from Leonard Cohen:

"Ring the bells that can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in."