Good intentions are always lauded, because they could lead to good results. But that is not always the case.
Ask the nanny who restored an antique fresco in Spain; probably she could say how good intentions often bring bad results.
This woman in her 80s whose name is withheld to avoid embrassment to her has been a regular visitor at Mercy Church in Borjanos, Southern Spain.
A 120 year old fresco of Christ by Gracia Martinez has been a major attraction for worshipers here. The aged lady, in many of her regular visits, noticed that the fresco was fading and the paint falling off, mutilating the image, though the face was almost intact.
As the plaster portrait began to crumble owing to damp, the nanny couldn't stand idly by.
She stepped in-and that was it. Without even having a word with the authorities, one day she marched in, armed with paint and brush.
Believing herself to be a painter who could restore the ageing art work, she went at it. She did her best to get right the smudged image on the wall and felt really happy after doing her bit.
But the fellow worshipers, who until the previous day had worshipped a Christ image that was universally the same, were shocked, because what now they witnessed on the wall was a far cry, something they couldn't visually adjust with.
Because, well, the fresco turned into a comic movie image of werewolf, nothing short! Now the authorities stepped into assess the fresh damage caused by the nanny's private restoration project.
As resentment grew, the local cultural foundation received a donation from the granddaughter of the 'artist' to bring back the fresco's former glory.
But people, however disappointed by the bad art, were not overly noisy in their grumbling against the artist, because she had only good intentions when she had done it.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Good intentions and Bad results
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