Because I don't plan this thing out ahead of time, once in while, something like this happens. That's not two separate pages done, this is me having to redo an entire page because I didn't realize I'd used the same visual metaphor earlier in the comic. Digby did something similar to this before, though it was fire, not glowing paint spatters. Still, the gestures were pretty much the same. Once I figured this out, I redid the page which wasn't that hard. I chose a kind of opening lotus flower motif as that symbolizes life, creation, etc. I think the bottom image works better, but I liked the way the text worked in the first one. Ah, well. It worked out in the end.