Better Angels (2012)
“The consciousness of that great ‘interdimensional node’ had grown distant, aloof. Instead, its now were visited daily by its angels—and only the most “angelic” looking among them. Out of all the winged creatures in its Great Co-operation, only those of hominid or most nearly hominid form were sent to visit the guests.
Initially (and now seemingly forever ago), Jacinta had been struck by how the wings of these creatures had looked less like the traditional human depictions of feathered oars ...for pushing aside air, than like hovering, sensitive flames in the stream or field of an invisible power. Up close, however, the white of reflection and glow made the wings seem more shining than either fiery or feathery.
Their “angelic” visitors had been happy to demonstrate the intricacy of their wings, which continued seamlessly from visible to invisible to the smallest of submicroscopic scales. Jacinta could understand their construction only as a species of fractal nanotechnology—at once more transcendently beautiful and more mundanely functional than any artist had ever understood angel’s wings to be.MoreLess
Initially (and now seemingly forever ago), Jacinta had been struck by how the wings of these creatures had looked less like the traditional human depictions of feathered oars ...for pushing aside air, than like hovering, sensitive flames in the stream or field of an invisible power. Up close, however, the white of reflection and glow made the wings seem more shining than either fiery or feathery.
Their “angelic” visitors had been happy to demonstrate the intricacy of their wings, which continued seamlessly from visible to invisible to the smallest of submicroscopic scales. Jacinta could understand their construction only as a species of fractal nanotechnology—at once more transcendently beautiful and more mundanely functional than any artist had ever understood angel’s wings to be.MoreLess
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