When I was in elementary school, we sometimes played a game in class where we had to think of alternate uses and contexts for objects.

I played the game tonight, as I looked around my living room. I alit on the space heater, drawn in by the beauty of its decorative scroll work. So, of course, I thought of some alternate uses and contexts.

• As currently attached to the grate, it would make great fencing for the Borrowers.
• Removed from the grate, it would be a lovely way to fasten a scarf.
• If you wanted to fool someone into believing you have a music box, this shot (with its visible inner workings), along with a good story, might do the trick.
• Back to the Borrowers – they could sort and organize their mail in the slots and the scroll work.
• This would make a mighty fine jungle gym for caterpillars.
• Adding a seat and a rider would make it look like an antique stylized bicycle as viewed through a zoetrope.

And that’s my bit of creativity for today.