Freedom?

Jonathan Lampel writes:
This render is of a steam-punk marionette automation cutting his stings, but as he does so those parts become useless. A lot of thought and personal philosophy went into creating this composition, but what you see in it is up to you!
Created with Blender/Cycles, with color correction in Photoshop.
The lighting breakdown, closeups, and clay renders are available on my ArtStation.

this reminds me how ultron says there are “no strings on me”
Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.