Imperfections Are Perfect

This post is largely made possible by my dad. Today, while in traffic, I asked what caused the jam. His response was essentially that one person waiting or letting someone else into their lane caused a break in the flow: an imperfection. This is also, essentially, what music is. Sound is always flowing all around us. We, by playing an instrument, just grab some from the flow and create an imperfection. However, in an imperfection we have a beautiful creation.

Now it's time to get your daily dose of science in. Perhaps my favorite cosmological theory in the science community talks about a continual universe. I learned this theory in Astronomy Magazine, which is a great magazine that any science lover should read. It essentially says that there are two parallel layers to the universe. They are completely smooth where everything is flowing until a ripple starts. These ripples are essentially big bangs which create all matter and start the expansion of the universes. Eventually, dark energy (the theoretical force that acts as a "reverse gravity" and expands the universe) will expand the universe so much that the universes becomes smooth and flowing again. Ripples are the imperfections, and without them we would not exist.

Back to music, about half of all my compositions came from mistakes I made in my performing songs and scales. You can look at the scale as flow; all notes going in a perfect order. Then, look at a mistake as an imperfection. From it, I form something completely new and great. Overall, mistakes and imperfections are not only good learning tools, as everyone always says, but also may be beautiful creations of their own. Just look at another facet of things. You'll be suprised at what you'll find.