Flickering Fires 3 is a rectangular wool carpet.‎Fire is an important symbol across many cultures.‎ For Zoroastrians, it is seen as the supreme symbol of purity, the light of Ahura Mazda, as well as the illuminated mind.‎ In Aboriginal culture it holds great spiritual meaning, with many stories, memories and dance being passed down around the fire.‎ Fire was a symbol of the heart of the people to the Native Americans and the smoke of the fire was a symbol of the prayers carried to their great spirit.‎ Flickering Flames is a cross-cultural symbolic design that celebrates all these beliefs… The circle is considered a symbol of unity and also infinity, without beginning or end, the ultimate geometric symbol.‎ As Ralph Waldo Emerson put it: “The eye is the first circle; The horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end – a veritable metaphor for nature.‎” The fundamental characteristic of Art Nouveau is the asymmetrically undulating line, with a dynamic and energetic ending resembling a spearhead.‎ Combine this with the significance of circles in Aboriginal art and you have a cultural fusion rug design par excellence.‎