The Perfection of Imperfection

I really can't say I find it odd, or out of the ordinary for artist not to strive for perfection. As I previously stated in class, there are many artist throughout history that have found happiness, and or satisfaction in the imperfect exspression. The Nortre Dame cathedral is a prime example of this idea of imperfection in art, because the architechs who created the cathedral purposly made one tower four feet shorter then the other tower, as to not be to close to godliness by creating something that is "perfect". I believe making mistakes in the exspression of art work is imperative to the arts authenticity, and over all orginiality. If every artist in the world was striving for perfection, it would be very difficult for anyone to actually come up with a definition for what it is to be "perfect". I think the "asthetic of imperfection", and the "lisence of living in the present tense" influence each other on many differnt levels. For starters, only focusing on the present tense, and not looking back at history, or thinking about the future, allows one to focus on the here, and now, leaving the perfection, and or imperfection of any piece of art left up to interpretation. This blog topic in unbelievably hard to answer, and define, however my guess is that Scott our wonderful professor, knew this would be hard to define, hence why we as a class got it as a blog prompt. To answer the last part of the promt, for the bonus points offerd about any artist that exemplifies 'beat aesthtic", I'd have to say the only artists that come to mind are Neil Young, The Otis Taylor Band, C-Money and the Players Inc, The Expendables, and Damian Marley. The reason I believe these artist are a prime example of muscians that dont care, or dwell on the idea of creating something perfect, is because they thrive on the idea that no performance is like another. I've seen all these bands in concert, multiple times, and not once has any song ever sounded the same. Whether they play it in a differnt key, or have a different distortion setting on their banjos or guitars, it's always different. The process of creation is far more important to them as artist, then the verbatim, word for word, note for note, reproduction of the music on their albums. They do not care that the songs are differernt every time they play them, it's part of what makes them original, and most of all, human. Humans are imperfect beings, so striving for perfection is like a man trying to fly by jumping off his roof with an umbrella....it just aint happenin.

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