your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones."
Isaiah 54:12
There are myriad sights in this world that would astound us unto uncontrollable praise if we would only let them. When I saw this odd, optical delight in Quito, Ecuador I was tickled, afraid, awed, and sad all at once. Had I been a prophet, I may have mistaken it for a vision.
"The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald..."
- Revelation 21:18,19
Having trouble making it out? You're not the first. Why not guess what it is in the comments section below? It is best viewed at full size so click on it to enlarge.
8 comments:
A broken Heineken bottle?
jello?
I'm going with emeralds or glass 7-Up bottles
This is a fence to keep people out and it is topped with broken soda/beer bottles.
I would guess third-world, but we do have some neighbors who would do it if they thought they could get away with it. :)
ecuadoran barbed wire. don't work on cows though.
Looks like beer bottles mixed with stucco and plaster but designed to be something beautiful out of something broken--like a grotto or place of worship. "Out of the ivory palaces, into a world of woe...Only His great, eternal love Made my Savior go."
OK, Chindo, so what is it already?
Well, many of you were close and a couple of you were right on. Combine TMF and SnowBug and you'll find the brutal way people keep their privacy and possessions in third-world countries. A 10 foot wall topped with broken soda bottles keep out the dangers of the world so the kids can play safely inside.
Sad, sweet, beautiful and profane.
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