This is CogDogBlogged: "Perfectly Imperfect"
I typo [often] therefore I am [human]1.
I never learned good technique. Sorry Mavis, but back at Milford Mill High School in the late 1970s, I waved off the opportunity to take a typewriter class. I must have said something like, “in what alternative universe am I ever going to be spending time typing?” I had bigger plans. Or different ones. Hardly the first time nor last I am full stop […]
"You are forgiven if when looking at temperatures at 3am this morning you thought it was St. Patrick`s Day, not St. Valentine`s Day."
—Area Forecast Discussion, NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Good morning from war-torn, cliché-ridden Minneapolis. So much static on the radio, it might as well be Spring.
Quite early Saturday morning it's 28℉; fair skies; light winds; visibility 10 miles at the airport. Heading for a high of 52℉.
Remember what the squire told the blacksmith in Ingmar Bergman's film, "The Seventh Seal" —
Jöns : Look how he howls again.
Plog : Maybe I love her.
Jöns: So, maybe you love her! Then, you poor misguided ham shank, I'll tell you that love is another word for lust, plus lust, plus lust and a damn lot of cheating, falseness, lies and all kinds of other fooling around.
Plog : Yes, but it hurts anyway.
Jöns : Of course. Love is the blackest of all plagues, and if one could die of it, there would be some pleasure in love. But you almost always get over it.
Plog : No, no, not me.
Jöns : Yes, you too. There are only a couple of poor wretches who die of love once in a while. Love is as contagious as a cold in the nose. It eats away at your strength, your independence, your morale, if you have any. If everything is imperfect in this imperfect world, love is most perfect in its perfect imperfection.
#ValentinesDay #love #imperfection #mnwx #Hinterlandia #quotidian #static
François Fénelon (1651-1715) French Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet, writer [François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon]
Letter (1710-10-11) to Duchess de Montemart
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/fenelon-francois/816…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fenelon #francoisfenelon #complaint #condemnation #criticism #error #forbearance #gentleness #imperfection #judgment #perfection #rebuke #selfrighteousness
God bears with imperfect beings, even when they resist his goodness. We ought to imitate this merciful patience and endurance. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. Sometimes misattributed to…
The Myth of the “Right Time”
There is a phrase that floats through almost every human life, a soft and reasonable sounding excuse that disguises itself as wisdom. “When the time is right.” We tell ourselves we’ll start when the timing is better. We’ll speak when the moment feels safer. We’ll love when the conditions are clearer. We’ll leave when the ground beneath us is steadier. We’ll create when the chaos settles. We’ll change when we feel ready. And in all of that waiting, in all of that quiet […]https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/01/24/16/18/03/analysis/jaimedavid327/9216/the-myth-of-the-right-time/
MisMatchedCircles
Blog/Code/Images: https://blog.illestpreacha.com/genuary2026imperfectcircles
#Genuary #Genuary2026 #Livecoding #Worldbuilding #genuary24 #imperfection #graphing
MisMatchedCircles is coded in #HydraVideoSynth & #Python, Might be a perfectionist nightmare? (Genuary 2026 Prompt 24)
As the Code Plots
Where is the location of these dots?
As they don't quite match,
rather they Clash
#creativecoding #coding #animation
#newmedia #dataviz #dataart #dots #circles
GlitchMappingLetters
Blog: https://blog.illestpreacha.com/genuary2026imperfection
Video: https://youtu.be/uhDpcXKqjZE
#Genuary2026 #Genuary #genuary24 #imperfection #Livecoding #Worldbuilding #Genuary5 #Fontless #glitch
GlitchMappingLetters takes Prompt 5 of Genuary 2026: “Write Genuary without a Font” where heatmaps from #Python and cueing from #LiveCodingYoutube are used achieve this prompt. As well as Prompt 24 : Perfectionist Nightmare, where #HydraVideoSynth Code is use to glitchify imperfections.
Fontless but able to Write
Fontless but able to spell
For the new year is coming before the bell
As there are more algorithmic delights
Coming to light
#creativecoding #coding #animation
#newmedia #heatmaps #dataviz
"In an era of synthetic perfection, your flaws are now the ultimate watermark of your authenticity." - Futurist Jim Carroll
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Futurist Jim Carroll is writing his end-of-2025 / introduction-to-2026 series, 26 Principles for 2026. You can follow along at 2026.jimcarroll.com. He welcomes your comments.
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Rather than hiding our mistakes, we should celebrate them!
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I'm back!
I've put a lot of thought into this series. I know that you likely aren't reading every one - and indeed, if you are like most people, you are simply skimming what's here.
Today, you need to skim this key point - in 2026 and beyond, you need to take the time to secure your most valuable asset: Your humanity.
How do you do that?
Share your flaws. Highlight your failures. Document your mistakes.
Admit you are human!
There's no doubt that with AI moving as fast as it is, we stand on the precipice of a strange new era - we could call it the “Age of Infinite Perfection.” Synthetic media, algorithmic amplification, and automated engagement surround us. Slop, we've called it. And it is quickly leading to what some have called the "dead Internet," a world where a staggering percentage of online traffic and content generation is generated by non-human sources. Generated by AI, indexed by algorithms, and served to you based on what a machine thinks you need to see.
And the problem with a lot of this is that the machines are getting so good that they are getting close to absolute perfection. Have you seen the latest with AI video? Have you looked at an image and had to check yourself to remember that its;' from an AI? Have you been duped by an artist with stunningly powerful music only to discover it's an AI?
I have!
Check out Let Babylon Burn. Listen to this song. I had it on repeat for a month before I realized it wasn't real!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86VjmpHa10A
If you are a brand, a product, a company or an individual, how will you ever manage to stand out among the slop? Or stuff that is so perfect, it fools you into believing it's real?
In this environment, the trust that people have in people, companies, brands, and transactions is dropping to zero. Some call it the 'trust floor.' Not only that, but we are all getting access to the same tools that allow us to generate perfection on demand.
When everyone is perfect, what stands out? Failure! Mistakes! Imperfection!
Flaws.
What's the solution? Embracing the idea of Kintsugi!
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**#Authenticity** **#Kintsugi** **#Flaws** **#Failure** **#Trust** **#Humanity** **#Imperfection** **#Vulnerability** **#Transparency** **#Perfection**
Futurist Jim Carroll has made a lot of mistakes. He's proud of most of them.
Я не знаю ...
Джон Ґрін
I don’t know ...
John Green
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#людяність #недосконалість #любов #прийняття #життя
#humanity #imperfection #love #acceptance #life
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