A hand-tossed pizza cooked in a wood-fired oven will have an irregular shape. It might be charred in areas. Each bite will have a slightly different flavor profile and texture.

By contrast, a factory-produced frozen pizza will have a perfectly round shape and a remarkably consistent flavor throughout.

We want consistency and predictability in many areas. Medicine and consumer goods, for example.

But sometimes — especially in the art we create — nuance, variation, imperfection, and surprise are exactly what we seek.