And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Jeremiah 18:4
- King James Bible "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition
Chandigarh is the first planned city in India, created post independence. Small villages were scrapped to make way for the new capital of Indian Punjab, and from the debris, a Gaudi like garden was born.
In 1965, Mr. Nek Chand, a road inspector, began to collect scraps of debris to secretly create a sculpture garden in a government controlled conservation area. Discovered in 1975, authorities bent to public outcry, and allowed the project to remain and expand. Today, over 30 acres of sculptures created from bits of tile, sandbags, and clay pots have turned into a wonderland that truly inspires.
All of us have small bits of life that didn't turn out exactly as planned. If we can be inspired to pick up those pieces, and re-arrange them, like the broken bangles that created some of these sculptures, something that was once beautiful can be so again.
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