Embers & Ash

Hot ruby embers crackle over a base of sparkling amber and dry ash.

Fire has long stood for transformation, purification, and renewal, in part because it destroys so completely. The phoenix gives that concept a body: consumed by flame, then born again from ashes. This symbolism resides within our collective consciousness, reminding us that amidst destruction lies the potential for new beginnings to take flight.

“To burn always with this hard gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.”
― Walter Pater, The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry