Skip to main content

perfectly imperfect










perfect : being entirely without fault or defect
corresponding to an ideal standard or abstract concept 
imperfect : not perfect 

subjective: Proceeding from or taking place in a person's mind rather than the external world: a subjective decision.

 Particular to a given person; personal: subjective experience.



 * Many years ago I bought a prefect painting of fruit,  not one blemish on the pears, blackberries or grapes. I saved for months to purchase it. It came into my home and stayed only a few weeks.... 'Cause every time I looked at it, perfection bounced back and hit me right between my substantial (better to hear you with) ears. Turns out, I can't live with perfection. I prefer things just a little off - it can be in color or scale or just the unexpected.  Not the whole room, mind you, but I must have something to look at that reflects me. Perfectly Imperfect.

Perfection, like beauty is subjective (thank goodness). To each his own.

Below are a few of favorite PIP's ...how about you? ....SHARE SHARE SHARE



https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLbHwdkTWD0KBXUbXVsjgZTSihkG4q5St3aFoOyCS6RSZ3xE5xAE6C3ZVBCzYm_xHPWYEuYYCOEg2FOb_fEVVAIhojnDmo_1jQQLJq38jygHN4JokrsKPxo8jOkuPom9uzgCwIUB1OWg/s400/BG+Restaurant+-+2.jpg
Kelly Wearstler   - The Viceroy Hotel and Dome Chairs, beautifully out of scale.


Old Montreal
http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.6579836.3.flat,550x550,075,f.old-montreal-bike.jpg
Old Montreal

http://www.kitchenbuilding.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/old-wooden-dining-table.jpg
Beautiful rustic table... it had a past life

http://images.nymag.com/daily/fashion/29_hutton_lgl.jpg
Lauren Hutton (PIP Love her)


My all time favorite PIP - our boy Cody. He was born a perfect Golden to a breeder who had him on a fast track to the dog show circuit. Then, he lost a tooth. His loss our gain. He could snatch a loaf of Challah bread off a table quicker than you could scream Oy Vey!
We lost him this time last year, there will never be another perfectly - imperfect boy like him.  LOVE





Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull. 
W. Somerset Maugham

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Comments

  1. agnesMay 27, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    de très jolies photos, et Lauren Hutton est vraiment une très belle femme

    ReplyDelete
  2. Cristie without the hMay 27, 2011 at 5:59 PM

    As much as I try, perfection not me at all. I love asymmetrical, like Lauren Hutton. Confidence is purely perfect.
    I now call the perfect/imperfect things I do, happy accidents. Cause they are.
    Just love this post also. It is PERFECT.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Beth jaskowiakMay 28, 2011 at 8:00 PM

    I bought a brand new ~ broken yes broken ~ mirror dresser for my daughters room - it fit perfectly for the theme i was going for - shabby chic ~ !! People were like" why would you buy a broken mirror "- why wouldn't I !! Plus ~ I got a good deal:)

    ReplyDelete
  4. SeaofGirasolesMay 29, 2011 at 5:44 AM

    i love rustic interiors,nice photo with rustic table!

    http://seaofgirasoles.blogspot.com/

    ReplyDelete
  5. JessieMay 29, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    I love the beautiful balloon chairs in the picture above.

    Love the quote, too. It is very well said.

    Great blog, now following!

    Jessie
    www.mixandchic.com

    ReplyDelete
  6. Anastasia May 29, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    I am so with you....I like things just a little off too. It's so boring to see things when they are too perfect. I similarly bought a perfect painting a few years back, only to find that I can't even look at it now, it just bores me... Perfectly imperfect is just perfect! xx anastasia

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousMay 29, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    Well, Jane you hit the nail right on the head! I have always said there is perfection in the imperfect! I always loved the squeaky tread on our old staircase...it was somehow comforting. The older I get the more I love the old, worn, rustic things. Buying something new just doesn't feel right anymore. There are so many wonderful items out there that have such interesting history surrounding them.

    I love the photo of Old Montreal, the rustic table and your sweet Cody who lost his tooth making him imperfect to breeders but perfect for you and your family. I'm so sorry about the loss of Cody and I know how it feels to lose a pet. I've lost 2 dogs now. Both imperfect but perfect for me. We lost our Josie in June 3 years ago and Tyson 13 years ago. I miss them both.

    Now that I have totally depressed you and myself I shall leave it at that and hope you have a great week.

    ReplyDelete
  8. JasminJune 6, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    Love these pics, esp the dining room! Such a great quote too, have a lovely day xx

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it” Thank you for your thoughts and comments!

Popular posts from this blog

know your tool

  tool *  is a device that can be used to produce an item or achieve a task, but that is not consumed in the process. Informally the word is also used to describe a procedure or process with a specific purpose. Tools that are used in particular fields or activities may have different designations such as Instrument , Utensil , Implement , Machine , or Apparatus .  tool * one who lacks the mental capacity to know he is being used. A fool . A cretin . Characterized by low intelligence and/or self-esteem.  Tool * is an American rock band from Los Angeles , California . Formed in 1990. Tool emerged with a heavy metal sound on their first studio album Undertow in 1993, and later became a dominant act in the alternative metal movement with the release of their second effort, Ænima , in 1996.  Needle-nose pliers . My friend Amy swears this is the only tool you need for almost any job. I agree. For this reason.... I was using ...
10 comments
Read more

a different kind of pop art

* dad , daddy , pa , papa, pop *my pop is the father of six girls and a self taught artist. One of my first memories of his art is a mural he did in charcoal on a large red wall in our living room. It was a stagecoach with horses, it seemed to jump off the wall into the room.  I loved it. He also created  a barn 'look' on the second floor landing of our house. Complete with split rail fencing used for the stair rail - the only thing between us and certain death was termite ridden timber. But, it looked fabulous! Our house had only one bathroom and with seven females in the house including my Mom, you can imagine how my Dad felt the need to make his mark (so to speak) in the one room he really had no control over. T hus, began our summer spent retrieving rocks from the river; for what would become the most famous bathroom in town. It was a good size room with a long wall of mirrors, a claw foot tub, the essential toilet and a window.  Pop's idea was t...
14 comments
Read more

frosted

poem* A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme. sigh* to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief. moxie* courage,determination, know-how, energy, pep Robert Frost was born in San Francisco on March 26, 1874.  Though his work is principally associated with the life and landscape of New England, and though he was a poet of traditional verse forms and metrics who remained steadfastly aloof from the poetic movements and fashions of his time, Frost is anything but a merely regional or minor poet. The author of searching and often dark meditations on universal themes, he is a quintessentially modern poet in his adherence to language as it is actually spoken, in the psychological c...
6 comments
Read more