sand castles

Thought behind the quote:

As children the the most exciting part of going to a beach is making sandcastles. My daughter is very artistic and loves detail. So on one such trip she insisted on making the castle very elaborately. Sand is a difficult medium to work with, yet fun and versatile. That brought to my mind, making a life is like making sandcastles. You know you are building on the beach and after hours of toiling you leave everything you created to the will of the tides. You might return tomorrow and find nothing exists of what you so painstaking built. Fate is a factor that no one controls yet it exists in all our lives.

The Geeta says

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ २-४७

Karmanye vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana,
Ma Karmaphalaheturbhurma Te Sangostvakarmani

What it means is that you have the right to work but not the right to reap the fruit of your efforts. We leave fate to decide the worth of our efforts yet we do not leave success only in the hands of fate without toiling.

About the Art:

Legend goes that Balram Das, who was a great devotee of Lord Jagannath built a chariot of sand for the Lord some seven hundred years ago. ever since this tradition is carried out and still prevalent in Orissa, an Indian state.Sudarshan Pattnaik is an internationally acclaimed artist who has crafted some sand marvels very painstakingly. He was awarded the Padma Shri by government of India in 2014. A self taught artist Sudarshan Pattnaik has won several competitions across the world. His themes are both social messages and creative wonders.

Credits:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudarsan_Pattnaik

http://beingindian.quora.com/Sudarshan-Pattnaik-The-master-of-sand-art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb_e9mJXWq8