I designed the elements, my artist drew it all. The lotus flower starts out as roots in muck. The muck feed it and yet it grows up out of that muck and into the sunshine and becomes a beautiful flower. In buddhism this represents overcoming bad circumstances, as I have. The japanese cherry blossom tree represents the fragility and the beauty of life, live each day you have fully. The three birds are for Bob Marley's song, reminding that "every little thing gonna' be alright."