Life is constantly renewing itself. The outer shell dries and hardens, giving a kind of protection to the enclosed core. But the seed can only be released and germinated if the hemlock cracks or otherwise destroyed. Sometimes the seed has to wait a very long time for this. Some rain can bring change!
You may have grown such armor around yourself and may not be able to unfold. You’ve suffered so many attacks in your life that you don’t want to be vulnerable anymore. But your armor is squeezing you more and more and makes your creation harder. You may need a serious shock to make your armor crack, but you may also be able to unbuild it consciously.
Don’t wait for the storm, work on yourself.
These pictures were made of my original drawing, with DeepDream and Gimp.
The original image:
