bs2> 'The craftsman himself.' says #AnandaCoomaraswamy... 'can always, if allowed to, draw the delicate distinction between #TheMachine and #TheTool. The #CarpetLoom is a tool, a contrivance for holding warp threads at a stretch for the pile to be woven round them by the craftsmen's fingers; but the #PowerLoom is a machine, and its significance as a #DestroyerOfCulture lies in the fact that it does the essentially human part of the work.'"