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Aug 08, 2007 17:12

Dear everyone:

Progress or perfection. Please choose. You cannot have both.

Love, yadda yadda

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loopy2 August 8 2007, 16:25:31 UTC
Progress

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kaberett August 8 2007, 16:37:46 UTC
As a wise old lady[1] once said to me, perfection is changeless and changelessness is death.

And she told me the story of a famous violinist who recorded a piece of music, and had the sound guys come down and say "look, well, that was fantastic, but these two or three bits you made a bit of a mess of - want to do another recording so we can paste the good bits over the top?"

And he refused, because if he'd done that the music would not have been alive.

[1] Okay, my piano teacher, but she's wise and old and I love her enormously.

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Brilliant! misthawk August 9 2007, 06:33:20 UTC
That is a wonderful story. And something I really needed to hear right now. Thank you.

Would you mind if I quoted you? x

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Re: Brilliant! kaberett August 9 2007, 09:41:28 UTC
She said it to me because I needed it.

If you need it, by all means remember it and keep it and pass it on. :)

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_crookedsmile_ August 8 2007, 18:57:49 UTC
progress progress progress. I could go on but I think you know it.

but sympathies for the frustration, and disatisfaction.

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xx_kitty_kat_xx August 8 2007, 23:54:33 UTC
Perfection to some is progress to others. It's all in the person's perception.

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misthawk August 9 2007, 06:34:19 UTC
Progress. TBH, as much as I am stressed at the moment, Perfection is boring. I like the wonky and twisted. };D

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choptliver August 9 2007, 07:10:34 UTC
You'd love my ceramics, then. ;-)

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misthawk August 9 2007, 17:08:38 UTC
I do! I do! I use your mug for tea every day. In fact, I'm drinking out of it now. *And* I've been eying up your beads for ages. I just haven't got any %$^&%(&^%&%^ money. {:(

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