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Neil Barker's avatar

I like your take on Perfection being rather sterile and closed off.

The past few years, I've taken the approach of perfect being a verb. I am perfecting a process that can never be achieved. Sort of like a journey with no final destination. Perfection to me has become a process rather than a final end state if that makes sense.

The challenge though is keeping that in mind and not losing sight that there is no arrival date or place.

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Duane Toops's avatar

Thanks Neil! In my head perfection has the sensibilities of a clean-room, a laboratory, maybe even a museum quality. Something you don’t touch, and if you do, you do it with white gloves only. But, thinking your verb-ing of the word really resonates with me.

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Bree Stilwell's avatar

What an honor, Duane! Our exchange came at such a meaningful hour for me, and your extension of it just adds import and even more resonance.

Appreciate you, appreciate our collaborations in this space…

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Duane Toops's avatar

Thank YOU! It helped solidify somethings that had been rattling in my head for a bit. I appreciate you it!

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søren k. harbel's avatar

Really excellently crafted post! Almost perfect....

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Duane Toops's avatar

Haha, almost. Thanks so much!

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Dan Jandl's avatar

Great vibe with these!

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Duane Toops's avatar

Thanks so much Dan! I appreciate it!!

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Marisa's avatar

Great artwork! 😃🙏

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Duane Toops's avatar

Thank you!

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Brian Funke's avatar

A new and more dangerous kind of silence 👏💫

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Duane Toops's avatar

Thanks Brian! I was pretty happy with how that came out too. Top half is mostly comprised of my coffee stained collage papers. Bottom half is a photo I took a while ago, tweaked a little digitally, and then printed. I love when each element goes through its own process.

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