Fire - Alba Iulia, Trascau Mts., Romania

Fire. One of the essential elements. Man's existence has always been related to fire. No matter what was lit to give heat,wood, leaves, coal, when a flame aroused, it represented power. Power to survive, power to forge metal, or just to prepare a hot meal. This element as it is destructive it is creative. Like one of the greatest Romanian poets wrote: "Where does the Heaven get it's light? - I know: from the flames of Hell"(Lucian Blaga- Heaven's Light), fire is a creative motive found everywhere in ancient and modern civilizations. Also it is tougth that fire has the ability to purify: nature or man can become pure trough fire - catharsis. You can say that fire is the most important factor that led to human progress. Powerful, destructive, creative and all mighty , fire has a pretty common enemy: water.....