the alchemist

hobby: distilling (reduction to principles)

wardrobe: hat

skill: converting lead to gold (parsing)

a still takes a liquid mixture and evaporates the essence.

the essence reforms into a liquid in the condenser,

which directs the liquid into a separate container.

the shape of the alchemist hat resembles the shape of the condenser.

wearers of the hat, indicate a mind that can extract what is of value from incoming information.

wearers of the hat often appear in stories, paintings and statues.