I read that word, decoct, recently and had no idea what it meant. So I looked it up. It means to boil away the excess to get down to the essence of something.
That’s what Lego kits seem to do now. With just a few bricks they make you see something complicated. Your mind does its best to make sense of those few things with what I consider remarkable results.
A few days ago I got they urge to make something from scratch with the the odds and ends of Lego bricks from my latest constructions. I decided to make a diner.
We’ve all been to diners, right? We know what they look like. But figuring out how to get the most detail from the fewest bricks was a challenge I enjoyed.
On the left we have two barstools at the counter, the cook at the stove and sink with upper and lower cabinets and a clock above his head to tell him when to switch from the breakfast to the lunch menu, mugs hanging on the wall by the coffee maker, and the trash bin by the door as the server brings out a sandwich passing by the cash register and condiments on her way.
Not as much detail on the right but we do have a couple booths for customers who prefer not to sit at the counter.
How do you think I did? Did I get the essence of a diner with just a few bricks?
TTYL,
Linda
I have never heard of decoct either. There is no way I could attempt to anything but the simplest design with legos. I could tell it was a diner right away. You did it. Good job!
I would eat at that diner!
I don’t know about decoct. like you and marsha… had never heard of it.
but it makes me think of haiku.
to distill the essence of the moment into it simplest and most beautiful form.
and as far as i’m concerned you did it!
I made each picture bigger and was delighted by them! but then I absolutely LOVE diners! xo
Legos sure have been around for a while. My son loved them. It’s amazing what you can build with them. We also took two of our grandkids to Legoland. It was a fun time.