Islam has a tradition of creating the most incredible mosaics, but somewhere in the middle there is a single piece out of place either in colour or shape or orientation.

The idea being is that it is hubris to make something that is truly perfect, because only Allah is perfect. So every artistic work or functional piece that is also meant to be beautiful includes a subtle visual flaw to remind us that we are only human, and that our flaws are what make us human.

I’m a hard atheist, but I strangely agree with that sentiment. Plus, perfection is boring.

And on the flip side, you can occupy an entire swarm of crotch goblins for most of a day by getting them to find that one out-of-place piece of tile on a traditional Mosque.

Everything about it is off by a couple centimeters

That's Portland for you.

Source: A Portlander

I'd say that all the time you spent working to perfect the placement of the tripod paid off! This is a great shot; the framing, the alignment, the coloring, and everything is just very satisfying! I don't know enough about photography to know all the terms to explain how or why, but it's like it scratches an itch in my brain that I didn't realize was there -- as weird as that may sound, lol 😅 I just really like it! Well done and thank you for sharing! :)

Thank you so much! That means a lot to me! :D