Archive for Dogen
On Perfection and Judgment
Perfection is not the elimination of imperfection. That’s our Western either/or, need-to-control thinking. Perfection, rather, is the ability to incorporate imperfection! There’s no other way to live: You either incorporate imperfection, or you fall into denial. That’s how the Spirit moves in or out of our lives. – Richard Rohr, Radical Grace: Daily Meditations, p. 228, day 237
Imagine how many more people would make art as a regular practice if they felt this way? How many people have judged themselves into abandoning a loved occupation?
This happens because art often becomes about the finished product, not the process. This is process:
Midnight, no waves,
no wind, the empty boat
is flooded with moonlight.
-Dogen
Watch this funny video “Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy” (it won’t embed) for the results of our judgments on our own creative process.
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Just for fun, a dream of mine: future….
