The Navajos believe that when weaving a rug, the weaver entwines part of her being into the cloth.
The spirit line allows this trapped part of the weaver’s spirit to safely exit the rug.
A Navajo rug with little spirit lines woven into the fabric.
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A Navajo rug with a black dotted spirit line woven into the fabric.
So they ensure to leave little imperfection in anything they create.
It might be a loose piece of yarn, or a different colored bead.
That God is perfect and humans are not is also one of the main principles of Islamic architecture.
The choir-stalls along the nave of the church are also not aligned.
Most Phulkari patterns are highly regular, but sometimes women introduce small color or pattern changes into their work.
Some are added to protect the shawl’s wearer from the evil eye.
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In Japan, incorporating deliberate imperfections is a necessary ingredient of art.
This aesthetic concept is known as Wabi sabi and has been practiced since at least the 16th century.
Often tea bowls would be chipped or nicked at the bottom.
These vessels are more contemporary than they appear to be.
Both are from the year 2000.
They were made to embody the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi.
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A porcelain bowl with a deliberate blemish on sale.
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The wabi sabi concept is also seen in the robes worn by Buddhist monks.
Sources:Regents of the University of Michigan/Wikipedia/Wikipedia/www.area-rug-tips.com
