pondering flames
We recently built a sizable bonfire to clean up yard debris and deadwood. I love watching a fire. On a camp out, I'm the usually the last one up watching the embers burn out.
What is it about a fire that get's one thinking? Why do flames pull us into deep thought?
Fire equals both good and bad. Hell's never-ending flames. A house fire. Witches burned at the stake. All represent fire's dark side, the part that scares us. You can also rekindle an old flame. Or spark you imagination. Passions can be ignited.
You can't posses it either. You can have it's fuel, but the flame itself will not be captured.
There is something so primal about fire that it seems we can't resist it's hypnosis. It's both calmly meditative and panic-inducing. Nothing else seems to bring out such primal emotions on both sides of the spectrum.
What is it about a fire that get's one thinking? Why do flames pull us into deep thought?
Fire equals both good and bad. Hell's never-ending flames. A house fire. Witches burned at the stake. All represent fire's dark side, the part that scares us. You can also rekindle an old flame. Or spark you imagination. Passions can be ignited.
You can't posses it either. You can have it's fuel, but the flame itself will not be captured.
There is something so primal about fire that it seems we can't resist it's hypnosis. It's both calmly meditative and panic-inducing. Nothing else seems to bring out such primal emotions on both sides of the spectrum.
2 Comments:
Very cool photos, Kristian. I didn't know what the first one was until I started reading the post. It is very mysterious.
This is true, I think. However, I feel that there are more wonderfully primal elements that pull us into a certain state of mind. When talking about fire, I couldn't help but think of the water. Have you ever been in the ocean, and felt the waves, ever flowing toward and from you? When I do get a chance to experiance this, I am almost pulled into a trance. All I can feel are the waves, and only think about this constant flow of in and out. This I think is another one of these, as you say, primal things. Water and fire both are symbols for this sort of cosmic ballence. But they are not the only ones...
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