Why Burning Pine?

The image formed before the words.

A wind-carved Japanese Black Pine, tenacious, timeless but vital, touched by a jagged finger of lightning.

There is something wonderfully timeless about trees, amongst which are the oldest living entities on earth.  In myth and legend, they symbolise wisdom and a deep, slow but immutable power.  In life, they are often restless but always grounded.

In the lightning touch, there is a little bit of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam and a little bit of the tarot’s Lightning Struck Tower.  There is the visceral fear and fascination of the power of nature; the explosive energy of inspiration, of new ideas.

All rendered into life by the talented illustrator, Nicole Urquhart.

The image represents transformation powered by inspiration.

Ideas, Words, Numbers.