sometimes having a defined image in your head can work against you

The human brain is quite limited, dear @jlufer, and I wrote about it even in my last post here. It is limited, or simply we ourselves limit its possibilities, but very often we really do not see the obvious things, and when we set ourselves the task of looking for something, then we see, yes, but we miss other things.
You have found a very sad thing - the broken egg. I think, however, that when the cruel hand of men is not involved, the hand of nature which destroys things is less cruel. It is wisely cruel. Or rather, useful objectively.
!PIZZA