| Elements Series : Spirit : Digital Painting, 11" x 11" (280 x 280 mm) : 2001 |
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One of the "Five Elements" series. This series depicts the five traditional elements of Air, Water, Fire, Earth, and Spirit (or Ether). The common theme of the 'cosmic egg' containing the flame of consciousness represents the potential for creation and rebirth in each element. The 'fifth element' of Spirit represents the uplifting principles of consciousness and the soul, without which the four traditional elements of Fire, Water, Earth and Air would remain simply elemental building blocks, but with which the four are combined to create life. In scientific terms, the four elements represent the states of matter - Earth for solid, Water for liquid, Air for gas, and Fire for plasma, but the fifth element of Spirit alone represents nothing in Nature which can be seen or touched, but that energy which can only be known by experience or feeling. It is the flame of knowing at the centre of the 'cosmic egg' which is ready to burst into life. |
