Based on Philosopher in Meditation painted byRembrandt van Rijn, 1632
"Failing once more to illuminate the distant corners of the room, a lone candle burnt silently in the night. Constricted by so many things, time only brought him closer to darkness, he felt it with every hour that passed. At times the advocates of despair whispered to him from the unlightable depths of the shadows, extinguishing the hope from the outside in. The burning changed and reshaped him, reforming yet not refining, never refining. He knew now that soon either morning would wake or night should inevitably crush him, pushing the dark in till he could push back no longer. He was the candle, and the candle burns no more"
In this one the candle is a metaphor for the philosopher, the room is understanding and the shadows are the inconceivable answers. The burning out represents old age and the time that is so quickly gone.
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