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Cradle of life, primordial water is a source of universal energy, a link of body and heart by nature between earth and humanity. From ocean to mist, from tear to storm, every drop is synonymous with birth and rebirth. Water has a dreamlike spiritual, but also material, political and technological dimension.
Absent or omnipresent, it inspires myths and dreams, frightening or captivating, it accompanies people on their journey to the heart of their birth and to their terrestrial ones.
«I am the river and the river is me», from the Milky Way to the Abyss, the soul is bathed in an ocean of stars.
Mourning dress, Han dynasty, China, late 19th century, embroidered gauze. © musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, photo Claude Germain