He has been cast aside thanks to the interventions of a Machiavellian rival just at the moment when he was about to unleash his greatest creation upon the world – an ambitious production of The Tempest.
It is important that a child interacts with a book, not just by passively following a story but by participating in its creation upon every encounter.
But not unlike the impatient moment-feelers in so many of this summer's hits, Earworm evidently couldn't wait to bestow his latest creation upon us.
For independent watchmakers, however, the real question is not whether buyers prefer big and masculine watches, or slim and elegant, but whether there is still room for the occasionally outlandish, one-of-a-kind creations upon which many of them forged their reputations.
By piggybacking their digital re-creation upon an existing biological infrastructure (hope, expectation, fear, pride, etc)., the consumer (née citizen) twitches to newer, fresher, more profitable monsters, boogie men with beards and bombs and silver-tongued devils who bow and have brown skin.
Death and evil, spiritual and moral corruption are in the air, and the benign Lugosi, seeking revenge on the man who destroyed his life, calls the house, 'a masterpiece of creation built upon a masterpiece of destruction'.
It takes the XO formula, already a newfangled, gaudy creation thrust upon the world by an overheated, fast-money economy, and works so many changes on it that surely a new name is required for this gilded lily.
Expressing his hopes for real progress in Paris, he concluded: "Billions of people and, indeed, what is left of the rest of a rapidly diminishing creation, depend upon whether this time, real concerted action, and not just words, can be taken".
"I think this Getty Villa, which is in itself a uniquely modern creation based upon a classical model, provides a hospitable environment for this juxtaposition".
Johanson was born in Saargebiet, Germany in 1937 and spent her formative years in Berlin during WWII; her creations draw upon "childhood memories, her imagination, and stories her father told her".
And on and on this goes, with life interceding upon creation.
