Wednesday, August 19, 2009

It is the Imperfections that Make Things Interesting

Just read an interesting article on Stan Lee - inventor of many great superheros as head of Marvel Comics, and he indicated his "special power" was that his characters were imperfect. They had weak alter egos that had trouble succeeding socially, or were plagued with alcoholism, etc. It reminds me of how live singers are better to listen to than studio recordings, those little suprises, the imperfections of the performance that capture our attention, keep us focsed on all the good that is happening between the mistakes. We end up remembering only the highlights.

What this is telling me is that all the noise between the moments mean nothing compared to the moment itself and we should not let our fears get in the way of taking the risks and chances needed to make those moments happen.

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