Incredible, Impressive, Its Perfect!
This two minute video, inspired from The Way Things Go, was meticulously planned and exquisitely executed. The complexity and attention to detail is impressive and one can certainly appreciate how effortlessly the 600+ parts work in-sync with each other. After several efforts (I'm sure) the ad turned out to be perfect!
This video got me thinking... What exactly is Perfection? Is it the pursuit of excellence? How do you define excellence? We all have our own perception of perfection and while its hard to impute any single occurrence, we can see diverse examples of perfection all around us. That perfect cup of coffee with just the right amount of sugar and cream, the perfect fit of jeans, the perfect dish, the perfect code (geek-special), the perfect weather, the perfect relationship, the perfect color, the perfect song, the perfect date, the perfect blog-post...
We face endless choices of perfection in our daily lives, no matter who we are, where we are or what we do. Day-after-day we commit ourselves to a choice of perfection or less-than-perfection. We strive to be that quintessential perfectionist to gain self-satisfaction, respect from peers or even a smile. We always strive to be par excellence.
However, when and where should we draw the line? We've always been told that too much of anything is bad. I guess that holds true for perfectionism too. Perfection is synonymous with happiness, until it becomes compulsive and starts interfering with normal routine, like in the case of Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD).
Balance !
We need to strike that balance within us. Nature intended life to be in equilibrium, like the Yin and Yang Model, its only when this is disturbed that things go astray. So here's my opinion, absorb yourself in the search of perfection, but don't loose your stability, retain your balance.
2 comments:
I wonder if perfection stretches out balance. In my opinion, thirst for perfection can eventually ruin any balance.
I like the significane of Yin and Yang. It indeed shows harmony, perfection and balance. Perhaps with its white & black it also depicts the need for 2 opposites or extremes like happiness & sadness, gain & loss. To be happy it signifies the pressing need to know sorrow. Just as to be successful, one has to taste the bitter harshness of failure.
The black in our lives make way to the white. There is always day after night, but we have no choice but to live through the night. I try to sleep through it.
The pursuit for perfection is what may drive a person to perform better if there is no other higher calling ..at least..cause that is one thing that nobody else can tell you to do but you can see it yourself while doing it. One cant and shouldn't be happy with the work they have done and then still keep space to say that you could have done it better. It is not necessary to achieve perfection but one must be perfect in one's approach and spirit of achieving perfection. Then the work performed is already perfect, just as in the video. True true..it shouldn't become compulsive though as there is a very different kind of fun in making perfect mistakes. Not everyone can do them either.
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