"Ares Ludovisi," Roman copy of Greek original by Skopas (Palazzo Altemps, Museo Romano Nazionale)
2,289 words
Translated by Greg Johnson
Russian translation of this translation here
Allow me an “archeofuturist” parable based on the eternal symbol of the tree, which I will compare to that the rocket. But before that, let us contemplate the grim face of the coming century.
The Widening Gyre:
Guillaume Corvus’ La convergence des catastrophes
William Blake, "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun," c.1805
2,451 words
Guillaume Corvus
La convergence des catastrophes
Paris: Diffusion International, 2004
Nearly three hundred years ago, the early scientistic stirrings of liberal modernity introduced the notion that life is like a clock: measurable, mechanical, and amenable to rationalist manipulation. Read more …