Bucky

Fire is the sun unwinding from the tree's log

The tree is a tetrahydron that makes a cone as it revolves

Each year it grows a tender coil impounded by the sun.

So the fire is the many years of the sun flame from

photosynthesis being released, now unwinding

from the tree. When the fire log sparks, it is letting go

of a very sunny day long ago,

in a hurry.

_BUCKMINSTER FULLER

I've drawn a diagram and still cannot understand this beautifully confusing statement..