Journal 52, Week 26: Elements

It's Week 26 and that means we're half way through 2015's prompts given us by Chelle at Journal 52.  This week the prompt is Elements: earth, wind, fire, air. Any or all are acceptable.

I spent a good portion of the early morning looking through an old book on the Solar System.  I'm lucky because I have Cosmos by Carl Sagan, and wouldn't even THINK to cut images from it.  But this particular book doesn't hold the same appeal to me, so it was easy to find what I needed to complete this entry.

I started by swiping several pigment inks across the used file folder.  I took a couple of step-out photos, but when I tried to load them, my computer refused to recognize my SD card.  Not to be deterred, I scanned this step without showing the inks I used.

My page on elements is undoubtedly far different from others who complete this challenge prompt, especially after seeing what Chelle created.  But, I'm a scientist, so this was the one that made the most sense to me. 

For the most part, I was able to find images that supported the four elements.

We'll begin with the element Earth, which now has a huge ozone layer, more than likely brought on by humans whose desire for more and more of everything has put our earth in danger.

Next is fire, which is often left unharnessed due to volcanoes and forest fires.  Although forest fires are not as dangerous as volcanoes, because the land soon recovers from fire, the destruction of and harm to human life is often more than should be allowed, often simply because we dare to build structures/homes near where they are most likely to exist.

Scientifically, an element is matter in its purest form.  An element is often classified as consisting of a single type of atom distinguished by its atomic number. 

But I suspect Chelle's prompt was more about art than science for this 26th prompt, thus the number 26.  How I wish I could draw/sketch the above element!

Back to the four elements, air is characterized here by wind,

while water is characterized by ice.

More than likely, not how others will interpret this prompt, but then, I'm more than likely not like most others who saw this prompt.

Thanks to all you loyal readers for looking, maybe shaking your head, maybe laughing, or maybe understanding my interpretation of this latest prompt.