We are Pomegranates with Countless Seeds

It is beautiful to take the time to observe the natural things that God has blessed this Earth with because there are so many inanimate things that people can relate to, it also makes life a lot more enjoyable. This is why art is so important. Art takes nature, universal themes, human expression, and world history to make it relatable and valuable to our own unique existence.

The Pomegranate is a unique fruit that has a multitude of small delicious seeds protected within barriers of a hard outer shell. Today, I had the opportunity to cut into a pomegranate and absorb the beauty and flavor of it and contemplate how I believe it can be applied to people’s lives.

Photo of the pomegranate I cut in half earlier today

Like Psalm 1:3 says in the Bible, we are “like a tree planted firmly by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and whose leaves do not wither; and in whatever we do will prosper.” By each of us being trees that bear fruit, we contain countless seeds (creative ideas and gifts) within us that serve as opportunities to generate prosperity and value to our lives, our homes, our relationships, our communities, and our world.

In Art and Mythology, the pomegranate has been represented as a symbol of fullness, prosperity, overflowing generosity, and fertility because of the countless seeds within it.

Here are a few representations of the pomegranate in Italian Renaissance art:

The pomegranate also serves as a great metaphor of explaining how a personality can be so fruitful in carrying many seeds. Defining personality from a psychological perspective, personality is the set of enduring behavioral and mental traits that distinguish human beings. Each of us people are born into a solid shell, like a pomegranate, but within our human spirit we are composed of so many different elements, complexities, values, cultures, talents, gifts, humors, goals, professions, and experiences that make us unique people.