Thus giving the item a Soul. Thereafter, it lives of its own accord – generating a pleasant feeling just through gazing at it, or not generating such...  Creation is responsibility.
To create for children is a special responsibility, because they learn from that which they feel. Love can only be learned through feeling.

... I enjoy working with my hands.  With a brush and pencil, with a calligraphic rapidograph, computer mouse, or fine Swiss wood chisel.  Or with a drill, if the situation really demands it, or likewise with the finest silk thread. I like not clinging to form, but enjoying it. I like details and nuances.

...and I like the fact that I LIKE.... doing all this!  This feeling of internal exultation.  It wins me over.