Frozen Fire

As an oxymoron it is perhaps appropriate that very few satisfactory images of Frozen Fire appear when searching Google: If two contradictory conditions cannot co-exist why would there be many images unless it was a particularly relevant phrase somehow....?

Although seemingly an impossible description of state it is quite logical for Frozen Fire to refer to a flame captured in a photograph; static never flickering.



The question occurs why think in opposites? Up, Down. Quick, Slow. Polar opposites. Clearly we were not taught all the pairs of opposites in school or anywhere else.

Are these terms for use on a continuous scale and knowing the opposites gives us a vector of direction? The importance sometimes in choosing left instead of right means you get where you planned.

What happens when the principle doesn't work? For instance, what is the opposite of 'sail'? Apart from NOT sail. Is it an irrelevant question or is there a word 'fly' for instance that would satisfy? This could be 'drive' if the setting is land; more like an analogy than an opposite. Or can tenuous justifications be explored for non-polar opposites that make sense figuratively or with poetic licence?

Pairings of 'A' vs. 'B' are not opposites; they are two arbitrary items arranged in conflict. If well chosen the comparison can be of interest or spark ideas through contrasting elements.