Oct 27 2005
Building to Perfection
Ian MacLure (and Tom) reminded me that in Islamic countries it’s said that when weaving a rug, the rug-maker must always include a deliberate error. To do otherwise was hubris, and an affront to God; since only God could create perfection. They say the same thing about Islamic builders of minarets and so forth, some minor flaw of alignment or straightness is introduced into the design for that same reason.
Thomas Aquinas would probably have said that you should in all things aim at perfection since it is impossible for a flawed human to make something perfect in any case.
Everything to the greater glory of God.
Allah might take offense, the Lord God Jehovah wouldn’t.
November 3rd, 2005 at 06:38 am
This is also true of the Navajo and Hopi weavers of the southwest