I didn't intend to make the Lego Playmobil post a trilogy, and I did have an extremely serious post in mind to do instead of this post which I am actually writing, but I could not resist the opportunity to illustrate a point which I made earlier and might have undermined with my own irresistible instinct to absolute honesty; that is my posting of photos of some kid art done by my child with Legos in a post which trumpeted the creative nature of Playmobil toys as superior to Legos. I believe I sufficiently explained why those photos did not undermine my point, but just to emphatically underline the explanation of the non- undermining photos I have taken some photos of a piece done with Playmobil:
I won't pretend to understand what's going on here in terms of the larger themes explored in the piece, but I am convinced that any intellect powered by even an average amount of neurocomputing circuits could quickly and easily grasp that the creative medium employed here compares favorably to the medium utilized in the pieces depicted in the previous post, in terms of expressive possibilities and lack of predetermined content.
I originally discovered the work in late evening under dim lighting, but refrained from capturing the piece at that time due to its association and unpleasantly reactive nature with some sinister and anxiety-producing connotations in my own mind, and I was forced to flee the room. There has been some political ferment in the house of late due to some recent unpopular parental decisions, and I am well aware of the artistic themes presaging the Jacquerie in medieval France. I think the reader will agree that the daylight softens the impact of the piece, and the gentle spirit of reasonableness and cooperation, inherent in the English Parliamentary system for instance, seems to sing happily from the scalped but firmly attached heads on the smiling people to the carefully curated accessories arranged with the respectful care of a smithsonian exhibit, clearly denoting a peaceful surrendering of some symbolic powers in return for a long and dignified armistice.
I will not trouble the reader with the uncanny transformation of the overall message effected by the dimming of direct light
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