May 4, 2020
What a shame that humans didn’t place heaven at the center of the earth when they elaborated their mythologies. As newcomers, they could have made themselves discreet, timid, respectful, seeing predecessors everywhere, in all vegetation, in all animals; actually, they did think that way, but almost furtively, swept up in the vogue of the thought-out project whose utility seemed undeniable.
Fernand Deligny, The Arachnean and Other Texts