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Francis Bacon was quite disturbed.

Sylkat

Mosaic in a vault at the Nasr ol molk mosque at Shiraz, Fars province, Iran:

There's always at least one intentional fault in these Muslim mosaics, and I think I have spotted one. Using percentual coordinates, origin at the lower left corner, the amber tile at X(%) = 0.7064, Y(%) = 0.3636, doesn't have a symmetrical twin.

You mean this part, snipped from the extreme lower left and right?
On the right-hand side, the three tiles blue-red-blue on the right edge of the vertical black border aren't matched on the left.
Probably one of many more...

It's a bit difficult to pinpoint the exact location I had in mind, but anyways the principle is clear. Like you said, it is probably one of many more. – Islamic artists insert these intentional faults to contrast human imperfection with divine perfection.

Yes, agreed - the purpose of the mistakes is clear and deliberate, which makes the work all the more astonishing.

I Hate People.

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Dear Hammerhorror,
Wow. Thanks so much for the nightmares....

Dear Cornflake, Did you know that Shaker women always made a deliberate 'error' in any quilt because only God is perfect?

Sylkat

I didn't, but I can see why they would do that.

I feel just being human no mater how well you are at your craft it will never be perfect. No need to add mistakes,but do understand the sentiment expressed by it.

^ Naturally, this would exclude Bach who didn't put a single note in the wrong place - and doubly so in some of the organ fugues.

HammorHorror's image would make exotic living-room wall paper. Then you would paint over it.

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I really like that picture Keira.