Leaning into the Potter’s Hand

I made a Lego creature the other day.  I used to play with Legos as a child and never really grew out of it.  Now I buy the sets for my son, and end up playing with them more than he does.  I don’t think that’s all that uncommon, right?

After I made it, I looked it over for a few minutes, enjoying what I had made.  Then I destroyed it.

No one complained.  The creature didn’t cry out as I dismantled it, “Who are you to destroy me!” I simply wanted to put the pieces back in the box to make something else.  I own the legos, I made the creature, I get to decide what to do with it.

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