Imperfections. I awoke today thinking about imperfections. I do a number of things quite well, but I cannot think of anything I do in which I would dream to claim that I achieve perfection. Yet, were I honest, I would say that there are at least a couple of particularly important things that I very much wish to do but put off, waiting for this ever-elusive and mystical thing, perfection. If you are thinking what I am thinking, you are wanting to tell me that I am going to run out of time. You are right. True words.
One of my favorite movies is Waterwalker by Bill Mason. You can watch it on YouTube or on nfb.ca. It is a wonderful film. Bruce Cockburn did the soundtrack (Apple / Spotify).
I appreciate a great many things about the movie. One image that I carry with me and replay in my mind, especially when I am stewing over doing this or that thing “perfectly”, is of Mason, a gifted painter, reaching out and, taking hold of what to my eye is a masterful painting, crinkles it up. He may even toss it into his campfire. I have often thought of how I, the non-painting appreciator of the thing, would have framed that painting and cherished it hanging upon my wall.
Let us strive to do things exceedingly well. Let us do them as well as we can today. Let us splatter a little paint. And while we are at it, let us celebrate and encourage one another deeply.