f86v3: A bird and a Mountain.

[Linda]

That is kind of a large leap from bird apparently sitting on nest to could well be the alchemical Phoenix. Lots of birds have been depicted on nests over time without this connection being involved.

At the same time i could see how this could be connected to the Phoenix idea of rebirth, since i think it is talking about the formation of rock/earth, and how it is dynamic and related to water, life, and death. I think the upper bird is upside down, each pic being best seen from the corners, therefore it is falling, not flying. I think the circle goes from top right corner to bottom right, counterclockwise, that we are looking at the same rock formation over time. To me the two birds are eons apart in time, with the nesting bird closer to our time. However it still speaks to rebirth, being that the bird persists through time, ie not all birds died off, this bird is working on the next gen, hinting on more to come. Or perhaps the cycle might be seen to repeat.

So i can accept the idea of the nesting bird representing a Phoenix and all the related connecting ideas.