Le Jardin d'Épicure

The opening invites listeners into the mind of a medieval scholar who once imagined the earth as the universe’s still center, surrounded by twelve moving spheres that carried the planets, the fixed stars, and ultimately the incorruptible firmament. He describes the heavens as a grand cathedral of gears, where angels would escort a freshly baptized soul toward the Empyrean. This poetic picture frames a bittersweet reflection on how humanity once measured its place in creation.

The narrative then pivots to today’s sprawling cosmos, where countless suns blaze among invisible companions and the night sky is a tapestry of extinct and dying stars. It muses that the same chemistry that sparked life on our own “drop of mud” may be at work in distant worlds, from Mars to untold exoplanets, suggesting a universe teeming with perpetual birth and decay. Listeners are left with the awe of an ever‑changing sky that challenges both ancient certainty and modern science.