This remix is called "Tree of Life". My creative process went as follows;
first I decided to avoid any preconceived ideas, (such as looking at other submitted compositions). I would just look at the ten photos, taking from them whatever visual thoughts occurred to me. After about 15 seconds, the word
"tree" popped into my mind and I saw that many of the photos had some relationship to trees ... the bird & butterfly rest at times in trees, the girl & man photos could be part of a family tree, the guitar is made of wood from trees, the sky & path photos included groups of trees. Only the hand & marble head did not have even a tangential connection to trees. From there I thought of the "Tree of Life" and decided to use as many of the photos as possible to make a tree representing the connectedness of all life. I did not have any particular image in mind of what the finished composition would look like ... I just let it evolve and the image eventually included part of all ten photos in one shape or another.
As I have zero Photoshop skills, I used Excel 2007 to manipulate the photos. A really fun creative exercise ... Thanks!

Kim