''Tools skillfully used produce Artifacts'' ThinkingOutLoud.DonaldNoyes.20071010.20121201 Tools are most effective when employed by one skilled in their use, they then can be used to "produce" valuable artifacts. WeNeedExamples; * Consider a ''' "skilled sculptor" ''' with hammer and chisel and a block of stone as aids in understanding the relationship ** The '''skill''' in the handling of tools, is developed, not inherent ** The '''artifact''' emerges as the sculptor shapes it, by removal of fragments of stone, one by one, the right amount from the right place ** The MentalImage of what it is to become emerges from this effort, for all to see