Head of Invention

Though human genius 

in its various inventions

with various instruments 

may answer the same end,

it will never find an invention

more beautiful 

or more simple

or direct 

than nature,

because in her inventions

nothing is lacking

and nothing superfluous.

Leonard da Vinci

on a sculpture by Eduardo Paolozzi

on a dull day,

at the South Bank outside the Design Museum

and near to these offices.

I have been silenced online by

corroded batteries in my keyboard.

The good people at Apple have replaced it free of charge,

(no pun intended).