Creation

This is from Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.

They say an oak tree is brought into creation by two forces at the same time. There is the acorn from which it all begins, the seed which holds all promise and potential, which grows into the tree.

There is another force operating as well. The future tree itself, which wants so badly to exist that it pulls the acorn into being, drawing the seedling forth with longing out of the void, guiding the evolution from nothingness to maturity.

In this respect it is the oak tree that creates the very acorn from which it is born.

"Welcome. We could use some anti-venom for the snake pit. "
From the movie, Smart People.