Keyword: George Steiner

“Invidia” between creator and creature can be directly competitive. Mythologies, so often a shorthand for logic, bear witness. A lighthearted maiden boasts of spinning a web more delicate, more prodigal of adornment that any Athena can weave. She is turned into a spider. Apollo flays alive his rival in the mysteries and performance of music. Inevitably, the Agon, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agon the duel, is reciprocal. The human creator senses that his achievements, however exalted, fall short of wha…