terra

This identification and subdivision does not originate in Greece, the land of the Ganges, but still first is a universal symbol of the esoteric tradition: "The matter has been prepared by the Foundation as a recipient of the species of every form" (Hermes Trismegistus).
The pre-Socratic philosophers had identified these elements as they had direct experience of and were general enough to be able to consider the basis of all the things that normally are observed. Then later there was added the ether, as a more spiritual. Fire represents the radiant energy in its original and pure form that generates everything, while the 'water, earth, el' air give reason of the states of matter, a decline compared to the same fire.
Although the subject was always by artists of various genres, I always felt close to these universal concepts to make them mine and I felt so strongly by my wanting to create a work that estrinsecasse my thinking.