Water is the natural enemy of fire. It will immediately put out the fire, or the fire shall make the water boil into steam and lose its true nature.
But we cannot live without water, we are, what is it? 70% water? Let's look at the nature of water to understand it a little bit better. Water is associated with dreams, with imagination, with emotions. Lets take the idea of dreams first of all and see where the water association comes from. Dreaming refreshes us, much as water itself does. Hold up one glass of water to the light and it is crystal clear, we can never hold water in our hand. It always trickles away, much like dreams do.
Now look at the ocean and imagine how much water is on the planet, how murky and deep and heavy it is in large quantities. The deeper the water gets, the darker and colder it gets. It becomes rather menacing in the end. We also associate water with a sort of secrecy, "Still waters run deep". Water has an undeniable fascination for us, we can travel hundereds of miles for a look at the ocean, and we can never look at the ocan without dreaming ourselves away to who knows where. We imagine what lies beyond the horizon and dream ourselves there.
