{"id":9019,"date":"2026-01-21T19:43:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vegetalarium.com\/?p=9019"},"modified":"2026-01-21T19:43:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:43:44","slug":"fragment-3-when-imperfection-became-the-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vegetalarium.com\/en\/fragment-3-when-imperfection-became-the-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Fragment 3 \u2014 When Imperfection Became the Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fragment 3 \u2014 When Imperfection Became the Goal<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t set out to make imperfect objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, I was doing what everyone does.
Following recipes.
Correcting edges.
Trying to make the surface behave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each adjustment felt like progress.
Each correction felt necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But something was missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more I tried to control the result,
the quieter the material became.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imperfections appeared anyway.
A crack I hadn\u2019t planned.
A texture that resisted smoothing.
A surface that refused to be even.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At some point, I stopped fighting them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not because I understood wabi-sabi.
Not because I had a philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But because my hands were tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was the moment something shifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I realized I wasn\u2019t fixing mistakes \u2014
I was erasing information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The material was already speaking.
I just wasn\u2019t listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When imperfection became the goal,
pressure disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was no final image to reach.
No surface to correct endlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only a form, emerging slowly,
with its own logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, I don\u2019t ask the object to be perfect.
I ask it to be honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And most of the time,
that\u2019s more than enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This text is part of the ongoing<\/em> Hors Series \u2014 Fragments of Matter<\/strong>,
a space dedicated to material, process, and what happens in between.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 with a link to your Hors Series page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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