In Fire and Flame, intensity is given structure. A vertical column of yellow and red anchors the composition, radiating heat and resolve as sweeping blue-white gestures surge around it. The surrounding motion feels volatile and wind-driven, looping and colliding in continuous flux, while the central form remains steady — a core of pressure and ignition. Color functions as force: yellow burns upward, red saturates and grounds, blue cools and resists. The painting frames fire not as chaos but as a system — an exchange between containment and release, where transformation emerges through balance, friction, and sustained heat.