After the one extravagant gesture (of the beginning),the universe has continuedto deal exclusively in extravagances,flinging intricacies and colossidown eons of emptiness,heaping profusions on profligacieswith ever-fresh vigor.The whole show has been on firefrom the word go.
I come down to the water to cool my eyes.But everywhere I look I see fire;that which isn't flint is tinder,and the whole world sparks and flames.
-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek