This guy that created a sphere composed of 42,000 wooden matches decided to light it on fire and see what happened. Well, as you can already figure out it did burn, but the effect was kind of cool to watch, and in slow motion it was even better since you can bring up a lot of different descriptions as to what it really looks like or could be used to represent. The time it must have taken to do this had to be exhausting but the idea that spurred it on is something I can’t fully figure out other than to say that he was curious about how it would look and how long it would burn. That seems like a fair question at least.
But when you watch this thing take light it’s almost like watching something out of a science fiction flick as the flames engulf the entire sphere within a matter of seconds, almost giving you the idea that it’s a metaphor for how the earth would burn if the atmosphere were to suddenly not exist. Or, and stay with me on this, it kind of mimics the closing of a giant eye with the flames acting as the lids as they slowly but surely close shut upon the green orb that they’re surrounding. That’s only a couple of off the wall images that have been running through my mind since watching this, but the searing sound of flames eating their way across the orb as they scour away every last flammable fuel source is kind of creepy in a way as it reminds you of just how devastating fire can be when left to its own devices.
Obviously a lot of us already know this from having grown up with parents that said to never play with matches, but this effect is something that I think is worth the time invested in it and the time it took to set it all up. Fire is a strange and beautiful thing when you really look at it up close. The flames that are produced are obviously quite hot but the way it glides over the orb while consuming it is mesmerizing in its own way. I can kind of see why pyromaniacs feel so drawn to the natural element and how they become hypnotized by the dancing orange and yellow tongues of flame that continually feed upon whatever they touch. It’s a destructive dance that leads to nowhere good initially but is still essential to the natural order.
Fire scours away whatever it touches, and yet from what’s left behind eventually new life arises. This means that sometimes the old world that has grown stagnant and can no longer nurture the new world that wishes to be born must be set to rest in some way that allows it to create space for those new beginnings. To many the idea of burning it away is not acceptable, but it is a solution. See how crazy one’s thoughts can get when looking at fire?
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