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Beautiful LEGO
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Beautiful LEGO

by Mike Doyle
September 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
280 pages
5h 4m
English
No Starch Press
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Nathan Sawaya
Why LEGO? There are many reasons, but fore-
most for me is that LEGO bricks let me create
anything I can imagine.
I had LEGO bricks growing up, and when I was
about 10 years old, I asked my parents if I could
get a pet dog. They said no, so what did I do?
I created a life-size dog for myself out of LEGO
bricks. It was my first aha moment when I real-
ized that this toy could be every toy. If I wanted
to pretend to be a rock star one day, I could build
myself a guitar. If I wanted to be an astronaut, I’d
build myself a rocket. There were no limits.
When I decided to become an artist, I was deter-
mined to elevate this simple childhood toy to a
place it had never been before: fine art galleries
and museums. And now I have exhibitions, ...
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