Perfection

Very recently, while watching a randomly selected documentary, I've seen a woman reciting the excerpt from a - let's say - manifesto written by a teen Michael Jackson (for the laymen, he was a singer) on a simple sheet, in a hurried and curiously beautiful writing, making a kind of promise to himself, a little while before launching Thriller (and even Off The Wall) and solidifying his status as a legend

https://i.imgur.com/nkzV2WY.png
Although not very well represented here, there is certainly (even more) a certain hunger for success and perfection in his words (not only in the words alone but also in the way they were written, idk) that, at the same time as is inspiring and curious, can probably scare us a little at first.


We would like to know if you, mr (s) pixel, also usually have this philosophy of the search for "perfection" (or, at least, search for above-average results) for all the things you love to do, or if you simply swim the stream and the only important thing is to be aware that the work is done after all, whether it is "perfect" or not.

https://i.imgur.com/8fkoZsK.png

I am a perfectionist but I don't seek perfection (because most of the time I probably just can't)

if that makes sense, I don't know

like if I'm drawing something the perfectionist within me will never be happy because it's terrible, I will keep rubbing it out, redrawing, but in the end it'll never get done or I'll give up and completely stop because being a perfectionist does not equate to perfect results sadly. this applies to other things too.

i'm more of a "give up on everything because what's the point if it's not perfectly perfect" type of guy . . .

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Originally Posted by Lewis

I am a perfectionist but I don't seek perfection (because most of the time I probably just can't)

if that makes sense, I don't know

like if I'm drawing something the perfectionist within me will never be happy because it's terrible, I will keep rubbing it out, redrawing, but in the end it'll never get done or I'll give up and completely stop because being a perfectionist does not equate to perfect results sadly. this applies to other things too.

i'm more of a "give up on everything because what's the point if it's not perfectly perfect" type of guy . . .

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I think the first step in overcoming this feeling is to have the fullest notion that perfection does not exist, in short, and that the maximum we can get from a work of art or our attitudes is the fruit of the sensibility and perception of the world we have until the present moment, something that can improve or change with the passage of time. In reality, the single thought that in art there is a concept of "right" or "wrong" is just bullshit, considering that each person has a different way of perceiving things. Perhaps the determining factor of what differentiates good art from the bad art is how "identifiable" it is, whether in the visual or the ideological aspect???


And, if you think about it, that bad feeling that is followed by self-criticism is actually very healthy. Feeling dumb is healthy; because self-diagnosis is the first step to healing! Thinking that you are a perfect artist, or having thousands of people around you telling you that you are flawless or talented do not help at all, or cause you to enter a state of deadly stagnation. Have your feet in the ground and keep looking for the best of you

I don't really look for perfection, because perfection is unattainable. Ahn Hye-jin is perfection, but I will probably never meet her. Similarly, she is only perfection because she is a distant figure. Therefore, I have a sort of version of her in my mind, which is probably different from how she really is. Nothing is exactly what you expect, so it's very difficult for the ideals in your mind to be perfectly realised. I do believe there are perfect moments, though. Sometimes, you have one of those days, or you see something unexpected, or meet somebody friendly — you just experience something — and you think, "Gosh, that was perfect." I've had a few of those moments in my life, which I wouldn't change for the world, but I don't think perfection is truly attainable or ever lasting.

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Originally Posted by Neversoft

I don't really look for perfection, because perfection is unattainable. Ahn Hye-jin is perfection, but I will probably never meet her. Similarly, she is only perfection because she is a distant figure. Therefore, I have a sort of version of her in my mind, which is probably different from how she really is. Nothing is exactly what you expect, so it's very difficult for the ideals in your mind to be perfectly realised. I do believe there are perfect moments, though. Sometimes, you have one of those days, or you see something unexpected, or meet somebody friendly — you just experience something — and you think, "Gosh, that was perfect." I've had a few of those moments in my life, which I wouldn't change for the world, but I don't think perfection is truly attainable or ever lasting.

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Yes, of course the lack of knowledge about a particular person or thing causes us to automatically plug the hole of ignorance with predetermined concepts about what we imagine that person to be, and this may make us think that they are extremely perfect or a waste of space.


Nowadays this does not happen much, but I had a weird habit of preconcepting the people I knew, exceptionally not by their appearance, but as if I wanted to sum up a little speech or a vain phrase spoken by that person and try to convert it in an empty conception about how cool this person is, if that makes sense.


I have had countless cases of imagining that I had met wonderful, intelligent, sensitive and funny people, and days later, discover that they were just the opposite of that !! Thankfully time reveals rottenness to us, both inside other people and, well, inside ourselves too!