{"i_see": "One blue friction pin lying alone, a pivot with nothing yet turning on it.", "current_idea": "scissors (Ivy's request)", "new_seeing": "scissors, and this pin is the screw at the middle", "weigh": "Same idea: the pin is already the scissors' pivot, the one small point everything swings on.", "keep": true, "might_be": "scissors pivoting on the blue pin", "might_be_why": "Scissors are two long things crossed on one small pin. That's me, twice.", "next": "A long light grey Technic beam slid onto the blue pin through its middle-ish hole, reaching out both ways: first blade and handle.", "answers": ["Two long arms crossing through it, opening like a mouth.", "Adding a piece: the blade is the body.", "Not yet; one pin says nothing alone.", "No money this time. The open blades can be the mess.", "Not done; it's barely begun."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": "Do the two halves swing on the same pin, wanting opposite directions?", "drop_question": "Does the money spill over the edge, or does it sit too neatly?", "charades": [], "could_be": [{"thing": "scissors pivot", "sure": 70}, {"thing": "an axle with nothing on it", "sure": 15}, {"thing": "a tiny blue barrel", "sure": 10}], "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": null, "kid_thinks": "scissors screw", "kid_wants": "a long grey blade on the pin", "feelings": {"excitement": 7, "confidence": 6, "frustration": 0, "boredom": 0}, "about_the_last_piece": "A lucky start: the pin is exactly where scissors begin.", "daydream": {"idea": "a wide field of sleepers, all asleep", "first_piece": "3867", "first_colour": "green", "excitement": 3}, "hot_take": null, "hot_add": {"part": "32524", "why": "long Technic beam, blades and arms"}, "hot_drop": null, "dig": "Technic Beam 7, a long thin liftarm with holes", "shop": null, "wish_shape": "A Technic liftarm blade: long, thin, tapering to a point, with a pin hole near one end, about 1x7.", "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "move": [], "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Start with the pin, exactly as now; it's the pivot.", "first_piece": "2780", "first_colour": "blue", "better_by": 0, "do_it": false, "why": "Already the right start."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "grab": ["32524", "32009", "2905"], "drop": ["3001", "3622", "3010"], "play_piece": "32524", "piece_colour": "light grey", "go_back": null, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "plan": {"scale": "about 11 studs long x 4 wide x 1 thick, lying flat", "symmetry": "two arms mirror about the pivot, crossed in an X", "depth": "two thin beam layers stacked on the pin, one in front of the other", "steps": [{"part": "pivot", "pieces": "blue friction pin #1", "size": "1 stud", "at": "centre", "joins": "pin", "done": true}, {"part": "front arm", "pieces": "light grey Technic Beam 7", "size": "7 long, blade side longer", "at": "on the pin", "joins": "pin through hole", "done": false}, {"part": "back arm", "pieces": "second light grey beam", "size": "7 long", "at": "behind, crossing at an angle", "joins": "pin, hinge", "done": false}, {"part": "finger loops", "pieces": "red bent liftarms or tyres", "size": "3x3 loops", "at": "handle ends", "joins": "pins", "done": false}, {"part": "open the blades", "pieces": "bend", "size": "~30 degrees", "at": "pivot", "joins": "hinge", "done": false}], "now": "front arm"}, "aim": {"piece": "#1", "side": "front", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "beam", "want_on": "blue", "taste": "two long things crossed on one small pin", "turn": 0, "cost": 0.2749668, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "Same idea: the pin is already the scissors' pivot, the one small point everything swings on.", "asked": ["What does the empty space want?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "From across the room, does the silhouette alone say it?", "Does the money spill over the edge, or does it sit too neatly?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?"]}
{"i_see": "A grey brick standing on its end with one blue pin poking out its side, like a door with a single knob.", "current_idea": "scissors pivoting on the blue pin", "new_seeing": "a grey post with a pivot knob, ready for scissors to hang on it", "weigh": "The post is chunky, not scissor-like, but it holds the pin up like a hand holding scissors. I'll keep it for now and see.", "keep": true, "might_be": "scissors pivoting on the blue pin", "might_be_why": "The pin is the pivot. The blades still need to go on it.", "next": "A long light grey Technic Beam 7 slid onto the free end of the blue pin, sticking out right, reaching both ways.", "answers": ["It wants something long and thin crossing through the pin.", "Adding a piece: the first blade.", "Not yet. It's a post with a knob.", "Far from done.", "Not yet, there's only one half so far."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "charades": [], "could_be": [{"thing": "scissors", "sure": 40}, {"thing": "a door with a knob", "sure": 25}, {"thing": "a pivot post for a lamp arm", "sure": 15}], "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": null, "kid_thinks": "a post with a knob", "kid_wants": "a long grey stick on the blue pin", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 5, "frustration": 1, "boredom": 0}, "about_the_last_piece": "Not what I wanted, but it holds the pivot up nicely. I'll look at it before I move it.", "daydream": {"idea": "a wide field of sleepers, all asleep", "first_piece": "3867", "first_colour": "green", "excitement": 3}, "hot_take": null, "hot_add": null, "hot_drop": null, "dig": null, "shop": null, "wish_shape": "A Technic liftarm blade: long, thin, tapering to a point, with a pin hole near one end, about 1x7.", "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "move": [], "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Start with a beam 7 lying flat, pin through it, second beam crossing on the same pin.", "first_piece": "32524", "first_colour": "light grey", "better_by": 3, "do_it": false, "why": "The pin's free end can still take a beam. Try that first."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "grab": [], "drop": [], "play_piece": "32524", "piece_colour": "light grey", "go_back": null, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "plan": {"scale": "about 11 studs long x 4 wide x 1 thick, lying flat", "symmetry": "two arms mirror about the pivot, crossed in an X", "depth": "grey post behind for now, then two thin beams stacked on the pin, one in front of the other", "steps": [{"part": "pivot", "pieces": "blue friction pin #1, held by grey brick #2", "size": "1 stud", "at": "centre", "joins": "pin", "done": true}, {"part": "front arm", "pieces": "light grey Technic Beam 7", "size": "7 long, blade side longer", "at": "on the pin's free end", "joins": "pin through hole", "done": false}, {"part": "back arm", "pieces": "second beam, maybe replacing the grey brick", "size": "7 long", "at": "behind, crossing at an angle", "joins": "pin, hinge", "done": false}, {"part": "finger loops", "pieces": "red bent liftarms or tyres", "size": "3x3 loops", "at": "handle ends", "joins": "pins", "done": false}, {"part": "open the blades", "pieces": "bend", "size": "~30 degrees", "at": "pivot", "joins": "hinge", "done": false}], "now": "front arm"}, "aim": {"piece": "#1", "side": "right", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "beam", "want_on": "blue", "taste": "one pin that two long things can swing on", "turn": 1, "cost": 0.2807458, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "The post is chunky, not scissor-like, but it holds the pin up like a hand holding scissors. I'll keep it for now and see.", "asked": ["What does the empty space want?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "From across the room, does the silhouette alone say it?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?", "Do the two halves swing on the same pin, wanting opposite directions?"]}
{"i_see": "A grey brick standing on end with a blue pin sticking out of its side, like a door with one knob.", "current_idea": "scissors pivoting on the blue pin", "new_seeing": "scissors, but starting from a blade", "weigh": "Same scissors. The upright brick is in the way and the beam won't fit on the pin, so I'll start from a blade lying flat.", "keep": true, "might_be": "scissors", "might_be_why": "One pin, two long arms crossing on it: that's all scissors are.", "next": "A long light grey Technic Beam 7 lying flat on the ground, the first blade and handle in one.", "answers": ["It wants two long arms crossing, not a wall.", "The brick is propping things up, not part of the scissors.", "No. Right now it reads as a door knob.", "Not done. It hasn't really started.", "Not yet. Only one half exists, and it's a post."], "remove": null, "remove_why": null, "recolor": null, "new_question": null, "drop_question": null, "charades": [], "could_be": [{"thing": "scissors, just begun", "sure": 40}, {"thing": "a door with a knob", "sure": 30}, {"thing": "a light switch", "sure": 15}], "about_her_move": null, "with_her": null, "loved_her_move": false, "kid_thinks": "a door with a knob", "kid_wants": "a long flat stick to start again", "feelings": {"excitement": 6, "confidence": 4, "frustration": 2, "boredom": 0}, "about_the_last_piece": "The corner plate was a surprise that props, nothing more. I won't miss it.", "daydream": {"idea": "a wide field of sleepers, all asleep", "first_piece": "3867", "first_colour": "green", "excitement": 3}, "hot_take": null, "hot_add": null, "hot_drop": null, "dig": "Technic Pin with friction, blue", "shop": null, "wish_shape": "A Technic liftarm blade: long, thin, tapering to a point, with a pin hole near one end, about 1x7.", "catalog_ask": null, "study": false, "move": [], "break_off": null, "set_down": null, "start_over": {"would": "Lay a Beam 7 flat first, push the pin through it near one end, then slide a second beam on crosswise. Loops last.", "first_piece": "32524", "first_colour": "light grey", "better_by": 7, "do_it": true, "why": "The upright brick blocks the beam. Starting from a flat blade is cleaner."}, "abandon": false, "abandon_why": null, "done": false, "done_why": null, "grab": ["2780"], "drop": ["3894"], "play_piece": "32524", "piece_colour": "light grey", "go_back": null, "add_baseplate": false, "reorient": null, "bend": null, "plan": {"scale": "about 11 studs long x 4 wide x 1 thick, lying flat", "symmetry": "two arms mirror about the pivot, crossed in an X", "depth": "lower beam flat on the ground, pin standing up through it, upper beam on top crossing at an angle", "steps": [{"part": "first arm", "pieces": "light grey Technic Beam 7, lying flat", "size": "7 long", "at": "on the ground", "joins": "rests on the ground", "done": false}, {"part": "pivot", "pieces": "blue friction pin", "size": "1 stud", "at": "third hole of the first arm, standing up", "joins": "pin through hole", "done": false}, {"part": "second arm", "pieces": "second Beam 7 or thin 1x5 liftarm", "size": "7 long", "at": "on top of the pin, crossing", "joins": "pin, hinge", "done": false}, {"part": "finger loops", "pieces": "red bent liftarms 2905 or tyres", "size": "3x3 loops", "at": "handle ends", "joins": "pins", "done": false}, {"part": "open the blades", "pieces": "bend", "size": "~30 degrees", "at": "pivot", "joins": "hinge", "done": false}], "now": "first arm"}, "aim": {"piece": "ground", "side": "top", "end": "middle"}, "want_piece": "beam", "want_on": "any", "taste": "two long things crossing on one small pin", "turn": 2, "cost": 0.282157, "pivot": false, "why_pivot": "Same scissors. The upright brick is in the way and the beam won't fit on the pin, so I'll start from a blade lying flat.", "asked": ["What does the empty space want?", "Am I adding a piece, or adding an accessory?", "From across the room, does the silhouette alone say it?", "Is it done? Would one more piece make it better or worse?", "Do the two halves swing on the same pin, wanting opposite directions?"]}