I don’t really want to get into a discourse on the meaning of the various elements of the shot, and yes, I suppose they are some pretty old/traditional/obvious symbols, but still, the symbolism of this shot means a lot to me. I’ve been trying to find an image with these elements that I liked for a while – I’ve had another lined up as a “maybe” for about a month now that I might put up just to illustrate a completely different approach to the same idea

A few hours after I took this photo, the glass candle holder exploded. It was a bit unexpected, I have to say.