Rube Goldberg machines, like the one featured in this video, are products of planning, intention, and sequence. Essentially it is a lot of parts (sometimes fairly complicated) that lead to accomplish a small or singular task or tasks.

The first Rube Goldberg machine that I remember seeing was the one in the movie Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (along with the Danny Elfman’s score, this machine fascinated me as a kid!).

I really liked the description beneath the video and how it stated that the machine brings up thoughts of “cause and effect, mechanism and art, improbability and precision”. These elements and ideas are very compelling when thinking about different pasts of life and our personal endeavors/natures.

It will also help to keep the idea of sequence in mind while constructing our books. One idea leads to and may even build onto another in sequence.