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by Fleta Noel
In many ways, I am a good designer, but one thing holds me back from ever being great: I have no sense of dimension. Whenever I imagine a space that I have to layout, it becomes much larger than it actually is in my imagination. My garden was no exception. I dreamed about it night after night as winter slowly turned to spring. I knew that I would make it great this year. I would design a path, install a waterfall, grow several species of rare and exotic flowers – the works. And to top it all, I would add wrought iron garden gates to the front entrance.
I have always had a fondness for wrought iron gates and doors. When I was a little kid, as a matter of fact, I dreamed of living in a castle. I suppose many kids did, and in many ways my dreams were typical. Instead of a portcullis, however, I imagined a wrought iron door at the front. It would be so big that it would require a giant to open it, and I would have one specially employed for the purpose. I tried to convince my mom to install a wrought iron gate on our house, thinking that it was as big as the castle of my dreams. Apparently, my imagination has never grown a sense of proportion.
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As for evildoers, for them awaits a painful chastisement;
but for those who believe, and do deeds
of righteousness, they shall be admitted
to gardens underneath which rivers flow,
therein dwelling forever,
by the leave of their Lord, their greeting
therein: “Peace!”
| —Qur’An. Abraham 14:28 (ed. Arthur J. Arberry, 1955) |
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My wrought iron garden gates were every bit as oversized as the iron door of my dreams. I had pictured double wrought iron garden gates, big enough to let two or three people through at once. When I looked at the space, however, I did not think that I would have room for the smallest wrought iron garden gate they sold. Even if I could install it, it would look forced. Having something so big and grand in such a small and cramped space never creates the right effect.
Still, I knew that one way or another, I had to have wrought iron garden gates. I could get rid of some of the flower beds, even forsake the waterfall, but the wrought iron gate had to stay! In the end, I actually designed it so that it was in the interior of the garden. The garden had a sort of ante-chamber, and once you pass it, you are confronted by the wrought iron garden gates. It was a little bit forced, but I was still quite happy with it. Who wouldn't be?
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