Bert Arnold​​​​​​​
paintings

Fire, rotating in the air like a sun, is held together by a force searching for the centre.
Earth, thrown into the air, is recalled by gravitation.

Silver water is blown away from the centre.
We are chastened by the four elements.
But we are looking to the fifth element, the Quintessence.
The Quintessence is what it is essentially about. The Quintessence is the essence of an event, the crux of the matter, the heart, not material, the essence.
Even if we look at fire, water, earth and air, we encounter the fifth element.