the thing abt a scrapbook is that you can never achieve perfection. there is always something that u missed out - some scrap paper that was just completely apt for that theme that you should have used instead, or some color scheme that would have fit the page so much better. then there's always the line that you accidentally drew wrongly, the word you misspelt, the cut that wasn't straight.
u work based on fuzzy visions and hazy dreams. u envision an end, but the end u reach is always somewhere a little off from where u intended to go. hopefully it doesn't stray too much, but deviation is inevitable. there is just too much room for things to go wrong and perfection is always the ideal, rather than the outcome. and that's truly liberating.
because when u realize that, instead of planning every nitty detail down to the millimeter, u just go ahead and do it. u paste the border, print the title, write the words before u know whether everything is gonna match up nicely in the end. and in the midst of doing it, u take a sticker that catches your eye suddenly, u look thru the pile of postcards and suddenly find a picture that just happens to fit your theme, u stumble on a cool technique that u wanna try.
and in the end, something wholly wonderful emerges. it wasn't where u originally intended to go, but it's a beautiful place nonetheless. it isn't perfect, but whoever said perfection is a criterion for beauty? it's a little raw, it's a little random, even a little chaotic. but aren't we all?
life is like a scrapbook, is it not?
i am proud to announce that our magnum opus has been completed~
Name: Foo Guo Zhong Melvyn
Age: 19+
Affiliations: MSHS (Pri), Rosyth, RI, RJC, SFX (LoG)
Bday: 14th Nov
Email: mel_protoss@hotmail.com
the thing abt a scrapbook is that you can never achieve perfection. there is always something that u missed out - some scrap paper that was just completely apt for that theme that you should have used instead, or some color scheme that would have fit the page so much better. then there's always the line that you accidentally drew wrongly, the word you misspelt, the cut that wasn't straight.
u work based on fuzzy visions and hazy dreams. u envision an end, but the end u reach is always somewhere a little off from where u intended to go. hopefully it doesn't stray too much, but deviation is inevitable. there is just too much room for things to go wrong and perfection is always the ideal, rather than the outcome. and that's truly liberating.
because when u realize that, instead of planning every nitty detail down to the millimeter, u just go ahead and do it. u paste the border, print the title, write the words before u know whether everything is gonna match up nicely in the end. and in the midst of doing it, u take a sticker that catches your eye suddenly, u look thru the pile of postcards and suddenly find a picture that just happens to fit your theme, u stumble on a cool technique that u wanna try.
and in the end, something wholly wonderful emerges. it wasn't where u originally intended to go, but it's a beautiful place nonetheless. it isn't perfect, but whoever said perfection is a criterion for beauty? it's a little raw, it's a little random, even a little chaotic. but aren't we all?
life is like a scrapbook, is it not?
i am proud to announce that our magnum opus has been completed~