By the act of assigning, of ordering, reality is warped. Emblematic of this distortion, these symbols of a chain of command (chain of Being), create false need.
Tokens of class and power—of any human-ordered system, any orthodoxy—including these small, practically featureless figures, deceive. Their simplicity is their danger. “You are here.” They create distance by their very nature as bearers of iconicity.
Identity conceals as it reveals.
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