Let there Be life

This painting is number 5 in a seven painting series titled, Origins. I have titled it Let there be life. I have also included the poem that inspired this series, which has the same title. This series tells the story of the birth of the universe. For this series I drew heavily on the spiritual aspect of creation and combined it with science. I used a technique called paint pouring to create this image. I didn't notice it until after it had dried all the way, but as the paint dried this image of squirrel and a nut appeared in the upper right corner. The bottom half of the painting represents the building blocks of life. The upper half of the painting is the complex life that emerged from that primordial soup. I leave the interpretation of what life emerged up to the observer, but I see flowers and algae.

ORIGINS
Somewhere in the darkness a tiny wave of energy begins to oscillate
It sends ripples of potentiality across the vast ocean of space
The ripples turn into larger waves
And create a shock that reverberates throughout the whole of the cosmos
Tiny particles millions of light years away respond to the call
They band together as one and form a tiny circle of spinning electrons in loose orbit surrounding its nucleus
They jump up and down the quantum ladder

Spinning faster, they become little balls clinging to one another
Glued together by their opposing forces
Life begins to take shape
The message has been sent
What form it takes is up to the collective

A ball of mass and energy spins alone in the darkness, creating life as it turns
Water boils as tectonic plates shift and collide
Proteins bond as the double helix begins its first spiral
The message has been heard
Cells float along in the protoplasmic jelly
That will be home to the first amoebic life form
They divide and replicate as the first link in the chain is created
The code has been written
One celled amoeba evolve into algae that floats along in the primordial ocean
A symbiosis has begun

A pair of eyes peers through the murky water
Intelligent life takes shape
It swims to the edge of the ocean where it encounters land
It takes one last look back at the giant womb that gave it life
Curiosity takes over
Throwing its body upon the land and gasping for air
It ventures into the unknown blazing a trail for the rest to follow