A dialogue on hidden craftsmanship

Why line up the bolts?	It looks good.
Who’s gonna see it?	I will.
But it’s inside the casing.	So is the crankshaft. I aligned that too.
It works fine without that.	So does a shovel, but I am building a plane.
Takes more time, though.	Yes. That is how you know it was done with care.
No one inspects this.	I do, in my sleep.
It’s not in the manual.	The manual is not the measure of pride.
You’ll never get credit.	Good. Credit ruins pure work.
What’s the point, then?	Beauty. Discipline. Precision.
You think it matters?	It already mattered… the moment I chose to do it.

In clocking the screws, you align yourself — not the morphology, but the modality.

— Bugsy Danger Moon