The intentions of a tool are what it does. A hammer intends to strike, a vise intends to hold fast, a lever intends to lift. They are what it is made for. But sometimes a tool may have other uses that you don’t know. Sometimes in doing what you intend, you also do what the knife intends, without knowing.
―Iorek Byrnison in The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman
Really inreresting and so true. I had to read this a few times, nodding my head with understanding. Great post!
Pullman really puts it well. One of those “aha” moments.