I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake.
“Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.”
“I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.”