Eternity

So I recently came across this picture in an internet add for an art school, and I was so intrigued that I wanted to share it with everyone. I'm not sure what message it is trying to send, exactly, but my first thought was "The Tree of Life." As most of you may know, the biblical tree of life represented eternal life. Anyone who drank its sap was able to life forever. I recently saw a movie called The Fountain, in which a man was in search for this tree. He feared death, but once he found the tree hidden deep in Eden, his idea of eternal life was not what he imagined. He drank the sap and from him sprouted plants and nature. He was granted eternal life, but he was now living as a part of Earth and nature for eternity. I wonder if the artist of this sculpture was trying to represent a similar concept: We are all linked in a circle of life. Maybe the artist was going for a more simple concept, such as a family tree. Either way, it is a very captivating creation.