Of all the far-fetched creation myths, one of the oddest is the one put forward by scientists in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The story goes that an explosion in space was the Beginning. Our earth was formed from the debris of that "Big Bang", and over millions (billions?) of years the planet cooled and was mostly covered with water. In the water were all the chemical elements needed for 'life', and eventually a lightening bolt was the catalyst that caused some clumps of these chemical molecules to combine and form the first simple life forms, or protoplasm. Over time the protoplasm diversified and evolved (thank you Mr. Darwin) into all the life forms on earth.

So, is that explanation any more or less believeable than other creation stories? I don't know. Like other creation myths, it leaves many loose ends and unanswered questions. In the present day, we call this a theory rather than a myth, but future generations may have a different take on it. I chose to depict this to point out that each culture seeks to find an explanation that suits the time and place. In our time, many people tend to put faith in science rather than spiritual leaders to explain what is unknown.

My painting depicts what those early organisms -the ancestors of all life on earth- may have looked like in a droplet of water from the primal sea.