Story of a pot gone bad

The story of a very bad pot:  looks so innocent sitting on shelf between glazes doesn't it?

In it's early life, after bisque but before glazing:

I didn't like the sloppy way I painted on the underglaze so I decided to steer this poor pot on its path to ruination, see above as it awaits more glaze

The rest  is history, pot stuck to shelf made a huge mess see previous posting, but alas, quite a beauty in death:  

and the moral of the story is--------------