What does perfectly imperfect mean to you?

[quiethumir]

I was just looking at an article on how to be creative, and then these two words came to mind out of nowhere. I have never heard of this phrase before.

Then I checked on google and that phrase shows up on some pages, but it doesn't explain what it means.

What does this phrase mean to you?

[OptimistPrime]

Beauty marks come to mind. Sometimes a flaw makes something more beautiful.

[RonSouther]

We are perfectly capable of learning about our imperfect understanding, allowing us to grow.

[elucidate]

It means, to me, that we are totally ok being imperfect. We are all acceptable regardless of our flaws and imperfections, and still loveable.

[GregD]

for me it means that somebody is trying to sounds smart
the only purpose of language is to communicate to others what you really mean
and if someone has to ask you what you mean then it means you are a bad communicator
which is also an indicator that you are not smart enough

so my advice is don't pay attention to fancy words, truth is always written in very simple words

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by GregD

for me it means that somebody is trying to sounds smart
the only purpose of language is to communicate to others what you really mean
and if someone has to ask you what you mean then it means you are a bad communicator
which is also an indicator that you are not smart enough

so my advice is don't pay attention to fancy words, truth is always written in very simple words

Huh?

If someone doesn't understand what you mean it just may mean you need to put it a different way so they can get it. It also might mean they aren't reading your words right and taking it the wrong way.

[quiethumir]

Originally Posted by elucidate

Huh?

If someone doesn't understand what you mean it just may mean you need to put it a different way so they can get it. It also might mean they aren't reading your words right and taking it the wrong way.

I agree.

[taylor]

"The words of truth are always paradoxical." - Lao Tzu

Everything is beautiful but we often project standards onto things that they should be different than they are. This obscures the beauty of what is.

When you see the perfect within the imperfect you are seeing the true beauty behind all so-called flaws.

Btw, if you want to logically understand paradoxes it's a very helpful heuristic to realize that paradoxical statements are contrasting two different contexts in the same line.

So the line "imperfectly perfect" is referring to two different contexts.
"Imperfect" refers to human standards of how a thing should be.
"Perfect" refers to the beauty of what is.

If it was referring to the same context, then yes it would logically be nonsense.

[GregD]

Originally Posted by elucidate

Huh?

If someone doesn't understand what you mean it just may mean you need to put it a different way so they can get it. It also might mean they aren't reading your words right and taking it the wrong way.

If you speak the truth plainly and openly without any embellishments or exaggerations then there is no reason for you to be misunderstood

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by GregD

If you speak the truth plainly and openly without any embellishments or exaggerations then there is no reason for you to be misunderstood

I do that all the time and people still take me the wrong way,so...

In any case, we weren't talking about speaking the truth here, we are talking about what the concept of perfectly imperfect mean to you...and I don't see how your first post actually answers the question?

Perhaps you took it to means something else?

[FlabRoshi]

'Perfectly imperfect' is the plain and open truth.

It sucks, but that's OK.

[CoolBee]

Old Persian proverb:

“A Persian rug is perfectly imperfect, and precisely imprecise.”

In Islam, only Allah is perfect. Carpet makers and others will therefore introduce a deliberate flaw into their work so it is not perfect.

(But, if it is 'deliberate' is it 'imperfect'? and other questions arise!)

[TonyToneTone]

It means you're perfect, whole, and complete just as you are but you're allowing this Divine presence to flow through you and expand you into more.

[asanteg]

I love the term "perfectly imperfect". To me, it describes something quirky and unique, like something goofy about a person that makes them lovable and irreplaceable.

[pyrogen]

What comes to mind is the term "wabi sabi".

Wabi-sabi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia