Ancient Japanese Zen art, architecture, pottery, etc. frequently have imperfection built-in. A tea cup that is not symetrical, a house with an irregular window, etc. The Zen way of looking at life realizes that life has imperfections, and builds this into art, and admires imperfection as part of the living experience.
Western art strives instead for perfection–symetrical, balanced, geometric. These arise from Greek ideals of perfection.
In singing though, audiences frequently prefer the living life and its imperfections.
Until one reaches perfect singing (very difficult for most), it is actually better to acknowledge one’s imperfections in voice, understand the audience frequently wants to hear this imperfection, and utilize this.
Chen Sun
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