The Hourglass

A depiction of time. Life and death are the two opposite sides of time. Perhaps time itself is not permanent but it, too, had a beginning and has an end. Time is the tree which grows, and we are just dragged along for the ride.

My mom wrote some beautiful prose, inspired by this piece:

"I’m not wasting my time,
I’m planting while listening to the birds sing.
I’m spreading my lights.
I’m not wasting my time.
I will grow my garden on the wreckage of time.
I will rise.
And love and sing and succeed.
This is not clouds you see.
This is the flashing light created ahead of the rising Phoenix."

The centerpiece of the render is based on this Sketchfab model: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/astronomical-monstrance-clock-ec83c5935b7341788775f856f268ac61