{"id":34946,"date":"2019-04-24T10:06:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T14:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=34946"},"modified":"2019-04-24T10:54:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T14:54:39","slug":"rene-char-on-rebirth-and-phantoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2019\/04\/rene-char-on-rebirth-and-phantoms.html","title":{"rendered":"Ren\u00e9 Char on Rebirth and Phantoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From le ma\u00eetre Bellaart come two short excerpts taken from the WWII writings of Ren\u00e9 Char.&nbsp;<br>One concerns a walnut tree; the other speaks about the phantoms of our &#8220;empirical souls.&#8221;<br>Why post them? And why now? Read them.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"452\" data-attachment-id=\"34959\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/rene-char-fragment-377x452\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-fragment-377x452.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"377,452\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ren\u00e9 Char fragment\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-fragment-377x452-250x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-fragment-377x452.jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-fragment-377x452.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-fragment-377x452.jpeg 377w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-fragment-377x452-250x300.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption>A footnote to &#8216;fragment 220&#8217; in Ren\u00e9 Char&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hypnos-French-List-Ren%C3%A9-Char-ebook\/dp\/B01C053J46\/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=hypnos+by+rene+char&amp;qid=1556115502&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1-fkmrnull\">Hypnos<\/a>.<\/em><br>Translated by Mark Hutchinson.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"620\" data-attachment-id=\"34960\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/rene-char-walnuts-324x620\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-walnuts-324x620-.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"324,620\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ren\u00e9 Char phantoms\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-walnuts-324x620--157x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-walnuts-324x620-.jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-walnuts-324x620-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-walnuts-324x620-.jpeg 324w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/rene-char-walnuts-324x620--157x300.jpeg 157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><figcaption>From &#8216;fragment 220&#8217; in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hypnos-French-List-Ren%C3%A9-Char-ebook\/dp\/B01C053J46\/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=hypnos+by+rene+char&amp;qid=1556115502&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1-fkmrnull\">Hypnos<\/a>.<\/em><br>Translated by Mark Hutchinson.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From le ma\u00eetre Bellaart come two short excerpts taken from the WWII writings of Ren\u00e9 Char. 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