The spirit of lego
I don't know how I stumbled across this picture, but I think it is genius!!
The picture above makes me think of aspects of what I consider to be the spirit/essence of building or playing with Lego whether as a child or being an adult. I have broken down my thoughts as to what using lego represents to me and what to never let go of. These 7 aspects include: giving, creating, rebuilding, celebrating different tastes in sets and themes, coming together from diverse backgrounds to make things, imagining and developing ideas. I've tried to use lego ads and pics to illustrate my point!
1) Creativity
The spirit of creativity is used by both kids and adults no matter how complex a build. In the never let go picture above, creativity is seen by using all pastel colors indicate a consistent and complementary color scheme that a relatively older builder would think of. The technique of stacking of bricks conjours images of creativity of a child or me in youth playing with lego when pieces of of lego were very simple/limited as children and color schemes didn't matter. Creativity is present at both ages.
Now, years later, the creativity of lego building is still the same. Fancier techniques and pieces are available as demonstrated in the Lego Movie logo. The font below is much more complex than the first picture in this blog saying "never let go."
Even with such contrasting fonts used in the never let go picture and the lego movie 2 picture, the creativity used to make each is the same process
As a side note, I don't think we'll ever see the ultimate collectors letter and numbers set, but there may be a market for the creativity it would allow. One has to only look at Etsy to see child names and initials for sale due to the creative look!
2) Giving
The second piece of lego art conveying the spirit of lego is present in the picture below. This craft was made by a nice person who knew I like building with Lego. I was really touched that they took the time to make this...
Lego gives a way for people to create original projects and give/share those creations to others. It could be a parent making a plane or car while playing with their kids, or an adult buying a set for a person they know. I've had people bring me lego mugs and "candy blocks" that look like lego and it is so appreciated!
Related to the giving spirit, I often browse the lego aisle and commonly hear people buying for kids and laughing "oh, look they have a garbage truck" or "look there's even a little cat".. Again, legos bring out a giving spirit as the people mentioned above will often say "well, I think that they'll like the boat, let's get that". (Then they'll look at the price and say "good grief"-except for grandparents!). Parents say "put that back!"
3) Rebuilding
4) Celebrating different likes and dislikes in sets and themes
5) Diverse groups of people and pieces coming together in the spirit of creativity
6) Imagination
One only has to type afol moc in the search box to see this demonstrated
7) Creating ideas
A self built prosthetic arm, placing lego in holes of real buildings, making train models. There's never a shortage of lego ideas!
There is a final ad that summarizes what I think all the 7 elements of the spirit of lego building present in both youth and adulthood...
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