A gentleman once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby.
Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage."
The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked."There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work.
"Where are you going to install the idol?" The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. "If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked.
The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I know it!"
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1 comment:
perfect illustration of Perfection, and Theory of Relativity applied to perfection !!
to me, this piece is more to do with "internal drive for excellence".
hiding/ not hiding from oneself is a more trivial second-layer subject.
An artist would say - thats every man's free-will to do whatever he likes, the way he likes it.
A manager would probably say - whats the ROI?? waste of time, manpower and stone.
Glad you thought of posting 'this' kind of stuff on 'ur' blog :-)
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