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Hot; Wet; Col; Dry.

Empedocles calculated in his philosophies of healing and science that all matter that existed in the world was made up of these four elements of nature. Any and all things could be described as hot, wet, cold and dry, or a mash of the multiple. Reaching outward was the fire and air, always moving out and up, swirling together to change the weather and heat the planet. A gift from the Gods.

Pulling inward was the earth and water, always pushing in and down, constantly churning and mixing to form the landscape and sow the crops for man to live.

Centuries before their time, mankind still found ways to accurately describe the world around him, and even today, you can look and feel and hear the four elements mixing together to paint a beautiful scene as stunning as the last, and I like that.


this is hand-drawn, coloured pencil and India ink, I've included a slightly larger version that doesn't look so washed out, but the full-size scan is too humongous to post, unfortunately