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The perfectly beautiful imperfection
Raw, real, human, and ’imperfect’ stories impact design, business, and life in a world obsessed with being polished.
Does perfection invite engagement or repel it?
Should MVPs and design prototypes be perfect?
Why should design portfolios always tell a perfect story?
Is it possible for creative magic to happen in imperfection?
Can anyone honestly say their body, mind, or life is perfect?
Is it possible for flaws to give something character, depth, and soul?
Is perfection nothing but a myth we’ve all been conditioned to chase?
If you are a hiring manager, will you seek perfect candidates who work like robots or more human candidates who are comfortable with their skills, believe in themselves, and have a growth mindset?
Perfection is overrated
The world is a constant interplay between opposites — perfection and imperfection, pleasure and pain, and gain and loss. What if we accept imperfection rather than resisting it to achieve something higher? Maybe we can free ourselves from the pressures of the outcomes of their attachments and find wholeness in design, business, and life.
In the Upanishads, the world is called Maya, an illusion (Encyclopaedia, 2015), inherently imperfect and ever-changing. So, if imperfection is the fabric of reality, is our desire for perfection a misguided attempt to control the uncontrollable? Vedanta says the entire cosmos is Lila — the divine play of consciousness. The imperfections and flaws we see are part of this joyful cosmic dance, reflecting existence's beauty, creativity, and spontaneity rather than something rigid, fixed, or controlled. The universe is seen as a playful and dynamic process, where striving for perfection is unnecessary because everything is already part of the Divine order. The Rigveda speaks of Rta, the cosmic order that underlies the apparent chaos of the universe. This idea reminds us that what appears imperfect on the surface is part of a greater, harmonious design. Embracing imperfection means aligning with the cosmic flow, believing that disorder and flaws are expressions of a higher balance.
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