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The MTA<\/a> is more than a transit system for New Yorkers \u2014 it\u2019s a lifeline that keeps the city going. But with over 8 million residents and riders, things are bound to break<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Now, one Brooklyn artist<\/a> has uncovered a way to turn at least one of the system\u2019s structural flaws into art \u2014 a cracked tile at a time.\u00a0<\/p>\n Eujue, no last name, recently went viral on social media<\/a> with a post that snagged over a million views \u2014 showing her replacing a broken \u201cE\u201d tile at Delancey St.-Essex St. station, on Manhattan\u2019s Lower East Side. <\/p>\n Eujue is an artist replacing missing subway tiles with art in New York City @eu.pottery\/TikTok<\/p>\n The tile wasn\u2019t restored with the boring black text. Instead, Eujue exchanged it with her own live creation \u2014 a ceramic square where the \u201cE\u201d is made with living chia plants.\u00a0<\/p>\n Eujue told The Post she got the idea after remembering a poem she read back in college \u2014 All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace<\/a>, by Richard Brautigan.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis speculative world described a future where plants, animals, and technology coexisted in harmony. This pushed me to want to build speculative objects that existed in a post apocalyptic future; a world where plants reclaim spaces that were once theirs,\u201d the nature-loving New Yorker told The Post.<\/p>\n Brooklyn artist, Eujue, aims to make everyday places feel more cared for and connected @eu.pottery\/TikTok<\/p>\n The Brooklynite doesn\u2019t want missing tiles to be seen as a maintenance problem<\/a> anymore. She encouraged artists to be inspired by this moment to \u201cshape the city around them.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNYC has always been a place where artists shape the city\u2019s culture, and I hope our public spaces can reflect that. I\u2019d love to make the everyday places we move through feel more cared for and more connected to the people who live here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Delancey St. was just the beginning.\u00a0<\/p>\n Eujue made the ceramic E tile with chia seeds which grew into plants @eu.pottery\/TikTok<\/p>\n