"Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me"

This quote by Georg C. Lichtenberg speaks to the concept of identity and the power of nature to form and reshape us. He is asking nature to reclaim the "stuff" that makes him who he is, and to use it to create something else. He wants to end up being something else, anything else, as long as it is not himself. He is asking nature to take away his identity and to produce something brand-new. This speaks with the concept of change and the power of nature to shape and reshape us. It also speaks to the concept of releasing our identity and enabling ourselves to end up being something new. By giving up his identity, Lichtenberg is allowing himself to be open up to improvement and to end up being something new. He is enabling nature to take the reins and to create something new from the "things" that makes him who he is.