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Perfection is boring; one eyebrow higher than the other is memorable.

means The quality of two sides or parts not matching — an imbalance in shape, size, or proportion.

from Built from Greek a- ('without') plus symmetria ('being measured together,' from syn- 'together' + metron 'measure'). So symmetry literally means shared measure, and asymmetry is the refusal of that shared measure — parts that won't line up no matter how you fold them.

faces
no human face is perfectly symmetrical, ever
biology
your heart sits left, liver sits right, on purpose
info theory
encryption runs on keys that cannot mirror each other
aesthetics
wabi-sabi prizes the crooked over the flawless
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