Every time I create something, whether an idea or a work of art, initially, its supposed completion seems absolutely perfect to me. However the more I think about it, stare it down, the more it marinates in my soul over the hours, days, and weeks, the more flaws I start to find in it; and finally, the more I'm pressed to continue enhancing it. It essentially turns out that whatever thing a flawed and imperfect, human eye once thought was amazing begins to appear quite wretched. This is why, eternally, God cannot be impressed by mere talents or by mortal achievements. To perfect eyes, I imagine that great is not really that great; rather, humility is ultimately a human being's true greatness. Criss Jami
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When God created the world, he did not create anything that was complete. To the people of that time, it seemed like everything was perfect. The world was fully formed and ready to be filled with people. However, when the people started living in the land, they realized how wrong they were.

They felt so bad about their ideas about perfection because they began to see how flawed their creation was. As they continued to look at the world around them, flaws were revealed. It wasn't until human beings stopped looking at what they thought was perfect and started looking for what was imperfect that they would start to see things in a different light.

Source: Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality

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