trash to treasure

Is it not a powerful metaphor for God's work in this world--turning trash into treasure? From the dumpster to the art gallery...

African artist, El Anatsui flattens discarded bottle caps to create "glistening sculptures that resemble fabric." A hopeful reminder also, that with some imagination, the mind-bogglingly mountainous amounts of garbage we produce (at least some of it) can be mined and spun like straw, into gold.

El Anatsui in NYT Magazine