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The art of hiding your 47 drafts so well people think it was draft one.
means The state of being without flaws — so complete and polished that no error is visible.
from From 'flaw,' which originally meant a sudden gust or crack of wind before it settled into meaning a crack, blemish, or fault — possibly from Old Norse 'flaga,' a slab or chip of stone. Add the negating 'less' and the noun-forming '-ness,' and you get a word built entirely out of absence: the state of having no cracks at all.
- actual nature
- curated imperfection, lit from the right angle
- ancient suspicion
- Japanese kintsugi prizes the crack over the cup
- psychological cost
- linked to burnout more than high achievement itself
- best disguise
- looking effortless takes the most effort of all