Latest Viewpoints by Derrick Fountain

A few years ago a close friend of mine emailed the following quote to me. "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." I disagree with Mr. Churchill. In my opinion, frequent change can lead to nothing other than perpetual imperfection. I have trouble understanding how such a varying way of being can result in anything but something less than perfect. Perfection, for the most part, is a product of human perception. I am reminded of an interesting quote on the matter of "perception" as penned by Giacamo Casanova in his book "History of My Life." "I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go to see it and examine it closely." I would venture to say the same about things perceived as perfect by human beings in general. Similar to the way a microscopic view of a diamond can reveal imperfections, human beings, upon closer observation, can also reveal imperfections. And just like diamonds, h