Reading Bruce Sterling
Reading Bruce Sterling's Holy Fire from 1996. Not his best, but an interesting element in the cyberpunk genre. I think I like his short story collections more.
Nothing to do with religion, at least not directly. The underlying implication is that there are few people who are consumed with the holy fire, an almost divine ability to create, whether it is pottery, photography, writing, etc. The quality of the work is so much above that produced by even a master in the field. There is also another side of it - holy fire consumes. It burns you up - burns you out.
Are you burning ?
Nothing to do with religion, at least not directly. The underlying implication is that there are few people who are consumed with the holy fire, an almost divine ability to create, whether it is pottery, photography, writing, etc. The quality of the work is so much above that produced by even a master in the field. There is also another side of it - holy fire consumes. It burns you up - burns you out.
Are you burning ?
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