Symbolism and all of these cloud reading efforts are futile, in my opinion. Whatever is hidden, and however it is hidden, is likely encoded in a way that is not open to interpretation or ambiguity. Or at least that's how I would design it. What is the least ambiguous element of the puzzle in my opinion? The colors of the flames, and whether or not they are tall or short. The orange squat flames are ambiguous, I'd say. Along with the thick/thin angle people are going for.
LOL... then, in this case, according to your futile analysis, if the least ambiguous element of the puzzle are The colors of the flames, and whether or not they are tall or short,, That means those flames lovers (including you) are either Blind for not seeing the colors correctly or Stupid enough for not interpreting them the right way all that period of time.
it's better for you to stick with your DNA stop codon Great Theory as long as those flames are the least ambiguous element of the puzzle, or go check your NEURONS may be they are burnt out.