The Beauty & Interest of Your Perceived Flaws {Aesthete Aperture}

Hey, Everyone! This is Susie deVille, Founder & CEO of the Innovation & Creativity Institute. In today’s episode of the Aesthete Aperture, we are visiting Cliffside Lake in Highlands, North Carolina. Pervasive in Western culture is the notion that striving for perfection is somehow ideal and desired. We apply this impossible standard to our bodies, our creative work, and our behavior, resulting in feelings of shame, lack of self worth, and imaginative paralysis.

Conversely, Mother Nature wears her imperfections with enormous pride, beauty, grace, and elegance. Her flaws are art that moves us and stirs our souls. Yet, we cringe when what we create falls short in our minds, as we anxiously focus on what could have been done better.

Let us learn from Nature and wear our imperfections as badges of honor with great pride. Highlight and draw attention to perceived flaws and errors and release that death grip on a standard that is keeping you stuck and hiding in the shadows.