A Girl named Betty Page

Biting out of the apple, Adam received the most precious gift anybody could ever wish for on any Holyday: the possibility of understanding the things he saw and of valuing the things and creatures that surrounded him, depending on his physical and spiritual needs. The banishment of the two sinners from Paradise is a theme present in the arts, always in a way more than simplistic: Adam & Eve with their heads bowed, conscious of the gravity of their act, are walking away, resigned by the Light that  gave them Life at one point!... From that moment on, our lives began to take shape, evolving between the two essential parts – Good and Evil – and life gained salt and pepper. Can you imagine how dull life must have been in those days in which Adam, a gorgeous man and no doubt without any competition, was passing by indifferently and without even the slightest glance towards Eve, an attractive woman dressed only in her virtue, that didn’t impress too much in those first years when Descartes or Kant haven’t even gotten the chance to write a few words about Ethics!... The Flee from Paradise meant the beginning of Knowledge, and the knowledge gained is both about Good and about Evil. The demiurge must’ve been satisfied about Eve’s choice because the vegetable mode of the men He had created – when they romped innocently through the Garden of Eden – couldn’t make him happy. There’s no doubt about the fact that, from the very first Program, Knowledge and Curiosity were factors because God couldn’t not foresee and not wish the evolution of his most dear creature. Still, He probably hesitated to give Man the gift of Knowledge from the beginning, knowing that the sense that is about Ration, but more about Feeling, that sense that recognizes value isn’t yet that shipshape. And He was right to hesitate, for the values of Man are always changing, being based on historical conjunctions, on the stars’ alignment or simply on a mundane moodiness… Until the stars don’t align in another conjunction, I propose we delight ourselves with some wonderful Pin Ups found in forgotten and dusty archives, Pin Ups which are still so greatly sensual!...