Tree of Knowledge

A symbolic picture, again. The universe is, of course, the infinite, the universal energy or enlightenment, what one always likes best, which absorbed the red, vivid lines (striving for enlightenment) of the tree, even during the gray, dead (sticking to the old ways) before end. The shells symbolize superficially ebb and flow, or even death and rebirth, so the cycle of life. The little bird is the freedom of the mind. Originally I wanted
but really only paint a beautiful tree. Well, sometimes you get lost just in Details ..