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Yay, symbolism. Anyway, this is mostly based off of a assortment of biological concepts. If you don't feel like reading the synopsis then I don't blame you. Just marvel at how pretty it is. Pretty.

Guide to what I was thinking when I drew this:
This drawing is mostly based off of concepts in evolution and life-cycle. For starters the lightning (the old symbol of an act of God) is supposed to represent the destructive origins of life. It's possible to blast an inorganic substance like water with lightning and produce small organic chemicals such as amino acids and nucleotides It's thought by some that lightning was one of the origins of life on earth. The lightning in relation to the seed also has to do with the fact that there are a lot of species that can't germinate without the aid of fire. I'm going with a bit of abstract evolutionary symbolism mixed in there with some easily observable natural relationships.
There's also some "tree of life" symbolism here in relation to evolution (but also a bit of a biblical reference again). The tree starts out as the little seed, or a cell that was initiated by the lightning (like simple prokaryotic cells). After germination, the tree branches off like you would see on an evolutionary phylogenetic tree.
There's a bit more... but I have a headache.
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Sarcastastic's avatar
Very technical your little synopsis. I think I understand most of what you said, if not all, but it does show you put a lot of thought into this piece here. Nice stuff.