master of lego

Summer can get boring, very boring, so much that cleaning is an actual distraction and not a chore. I woke ready to watch tv and do nothing else until my mother hollered at from the second floor to clean the garage. I didn’t want to move but I was sure my eyes were frying and my IQ had gone down from watching to much Mad TV. Cleaning then became a good distraction.
I was lucky the smell of exhaust had left the garage after my father had gone to work or else I would just give up. The closets were in the back of the garage and had only two lights. This is one part of the house I didn’t want to think of. It had spiders, luggage, drawers, old Halloween decorations, paint, gardening supplies, and everything we didn’t need but didn’t want to throw away. While moving the luggage out I saw a few large plastic bins filled with toys. I had always thought my mom donated all my toys but I was nostalgic seeing them.
Tucked away in the corner were four large transparent plastic containers. I could see the mosaic of colors the Lego’s as I pulled them out. I finished cleaning, and left the four containers out. When done I was done I brought one upstairs to see what condition they were in. Opening up the container was like opening up a time capsule, remembering all the colors and creativity that they had provided. I remembered then that maybe that’s what made the summer so boring. It wasn’t that there wasn’t anything to do, but a les creative drive. I had used it all up for school and now I was exhausted.
I played around with some of the pieces but then decided to do something I had never thought, use all the thousands of pieces in one creation. I grabbed the largest platform and begun to build. My mom and dad would peek into my room and think maybe I had lost it. I didn’t care I kept working. I was lucky at the time I was taking an architecture course which gave lots of inspiration. I would make hypostyle courts, which led up to the tower and Spanish Andalusian style windows, and at the top a block terrace with a Chinese roof to make for good composition.
I had enjoyed so much that when I ran out I didn’t know what to do. I had some pieces left over and decided to see what else I could make.