Thanks so much for the kind and thought-provoking post, Dawn! I loved the use of the "eyes" together!

I have to say that this serpent did unsettle me when I first saw it. I thought it was magnificent, but then I thought, hey...why is it opening its mouth like that? Is it trying to scare me? I mean it seems to be looking at me and posing. I pondered this for some time and came to the conclusion that he was just showing me what he was made of. Many of the serpent-like entities that I see are rather feral/powerful looking. That is just their nature, I'd say.

Why he is there, I don't know for sure. He may be the life force of that tree. Or maybe a free-ranging life force. I love contemplating...