Repetitive Constellations (Art and Culture)
“si avant dans les générations futures que brillent les œuvres des hommes, encore faut-il qu’il y ait des hommes. Si certaines espèces animales résistent plus longtemps au froid envahisseur, quand il n’y a plus d’hommes, et à supposer que la gloire de Bergotte ait duré jusque-là, brusquement elle s’éteindra à tout jamais. Ce ne sont pas les derniers animaux qui le liront”. Marcel Proust [1] “And the man said: ‘This is now [ זֹ֣את הַפַּ֗עַם / zot happa’am : ‘this once more’, ‘this again’ ] bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’ Genesis 2, 23 Re-reading the Biblical narrative about the first woman, Eve, one could ask if she was the result of a creative or a procreative act? Or perhaps both? The woman may be akin to Adam (“ bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh ”), though certainly not due to some procreative act of his. But she is just as much divine handicraft: “And the LORD God”, the preceding ve