The Art of Imperfection

Marcia Meier
2 min readFeb 12, 2020

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“If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.” — David Foster Wallace.

I have been thinking a lot recently about imperfection. What it means in a work of art. What it means for the artist. What it means for those of us who appreciate it, flaws and all. How it serves as a symbol of the imperfections we all carry within us, and of the imperfections of humans, society and the world in general.

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Marcia Meier

Publisher, writing coach, book editor, author, animal lover. My latest book is Unmasked, Women Write About Sex and Intimacy After Fifty.