On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, Kevin Eav wrote:

They're good enough to be able to see some ideal of perfection, but since 
nobody's perfect, they can't reach that ideal.  As such, they notice all 
the tiny little flaws and things that they're sure they ought to be able 
to do better, and consider themselves unskilled because they can't fix 
them.  

  Like the shadows in Plato's cave, huh? (I think it was Plato...)  The 
most infuriating part of writing for me personally is that I can never fit 
what's going on inside my head into words.

Kirna: What little _does_ go on inside your head, anyway...
me: Hey!
Serena4H: Actually, I'm not sure I _want_ to know what goes on inside her 
   head.
me: That does it!  No more ice cream!
Serena4H: Yeah, right.  Like you can stop me.
me: ....

-joyce, Disciple of Kasumi