Alan was kind of lost, if he was being honest. Though he may have remembered Azmakul's speech and the lessons he gave through it, he had a hard time putting everything in his own perspective.
The scene of symbols of multiple elements reacting to one another was splendid, and a bit complicated.
Sighing to himself, Alan decided to take the simpler approach, one that was centered around Azmakul's advice. He used the Ame-No-Sakahoko to draw symbols of the elements in the snow, those he could remember and wanted to use in his 'experiment'.
A legendary spear back on Earth, one that brought the end to a demon at the rank of a duke, and single-handedly was the source of an entire nation's hope, and one of Earth's most formidable weapons, was currently being used for art. Being treated like a stick a child found on the side of the road in the middle of winter to make drawings on the snow.