Ed Kowalczyk was sitting on the edge of his brother’s bed, strumming a guitar when he wrote what would become “Lightning Crashes.” Kowalczyk, 21 at the time, was living in his mother’s house in York, Pennsylvania

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Infant in Incubator: A Newborn's First Light

“Lightning crashes" The confusion that was hers belongs now to the "baby" down the hall.

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Life and Death: An Angelic Hospital Scene

“Lightning Crashes” is a meditation on the cycle of life, death, and reincarnation. Kowalczyk’s vision of the song was a hospital emergency...

“Lightning Crashes” is a meditation on the cycle of life, death, and reincarnation. Kowalczyk’s vision of the song was a hospital emergency room where people died and babies were born, a never-ending transference of life energy: “Lightning crashes an old mother dies/Her intentions fall to the floor/The angel closes her eyes/The confusion that was hers/Belongs now to the baby down the hall.”

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Symbolic Cycle of Life, Death, and Rebirth

“Lightning Crashes” is a meditation on the cycle of life, death, and reincarnation. 

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Crocodile Emerges From TV to Catch Cat

In a modern room, a crocodile emerges from a flickering television, its mouth wide open, intent on snatching a fluffy white cat. The cat jum...

Reclaim what we lost

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Ancient Golden Key to a Secret, Locked Away

Got a secret
Can you keep it?
Swear, this one you'll save
Better lock it in your pocket
Takin' this one to the grave.

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Old Officials' Conflict: A Detailed Anime Sketch

The old officials fought fiercely. People’s hungry dreams.
The old officials set traps for the people to pay fines.
They indiscriminately is...

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Polar Bear and Bubble: Vibrant Winter Fantasy Art

a polar bear standing on a boulder in front of a bubble.

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