The (Surprising) Imperfection in Perfection

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Lao Tze said that great completion seems lacking.

In Japanese aesthetics, there is a notion called Wabi-Sabi. I host an Internet group which features this art form. Essentially, it features the beauty of imperfection. There is an unusual beauty in the impermanent, incomplete, flawed, aged and weathered objects. Perhaps this is the…