I just bumped into this online. Since I recently have been in Hella Jongerius' Misfit exhibition in Museum Booijmans van Beuningen, I have also started to think how much 'Imperfectionism' can mean. Here there is this other post that made me think. I have not reached anywhere yet but I feel something.
Happiness is something we’ve been intensely interested in, both from a research and from a cultural perspective. And one thing that consistently cooccurs with true happiness is the notion of authenticity — being, as the contrived but universally accurate saying goes, “true to ourselves,” something that inevitably necessitates a degree of vulnerability most of us are conditioned to be uncomfortable with. Brené Brown‘s fantastic talk from TEDxHouston deconstructs vulnerability to reveal what she calls “wholeheartedness”: The capacity to engage in our lives with authenticity, cultivate courage and compassion, and embrace — not in that self-help-book, motivational-seminar way, but really, deeply, profoundly embrace — the imperfections of who we really are. Read more: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/11/08/brene-brown-tedx-houston/#ixzz1FLQgjGSWIn order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen — really seen.” ~ Brené Brown
Brown’s new book, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, came out last month and is the most eloquent refutation of the “What will people think?” inner dialogue we’ve ever stumbled across.
Read more: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/11/08/brene-brown-tedx-houston/#ixzz1FLQk23fq
When I am excited about something professional, something I am passionate about designing or making; my hands get a little twitchy. (I don't even know if that is a word) but yet; I am having it now I am getting somewhere little by little Oblomov sweetheart. Wish me luck!
P.S. Sorry I am still getting used to the technicalities of this blogging thing. Please try to embrace my imperfection about the fonts and colours and the illegible parts; otherwise please send me some more tips, they are always welcome!
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