Tattoo Design - SOLVE

Hello! I've been going through a rough period of life that some call the Dark Night of the Soul. I've been learning through this set of experiences for a few years, and I'm planning to get a tattoo to celebrate having come quite far from where I was a few years ago. Life changes, and shit happens. You grow as a person, you change and learn new things. Life is a constant cycle of alchemy, solve and coagula, destroying and recreating. For now, I've made the SOLVE image, to celebrate this feeling. One day in the not so distant future I'll make the other one too. But for now, this is where I'm at in life.

Here's the concepts I'm working with. Which style looks better?