@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2021.0704, 

TITLE={Ar(t)chemistry of nature: The Living}, 
  
AUTHOR={Marie-Christine Maurel, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Art and Science}, 
	
VOLUME={5}, 

NUMBER={Special issue</br>}, 
	
YEAR={2021}, 

URL={https://www.openscience.fr/Ar-t-chemistry-of-nature-The-Living}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2021.0704}, 
	
ISSN={2515-8767}, 
	
ABSTRACT={Life is not an absolute quality that appeared suddenly. It emerged progressively, linked to the environment and the conditions of the primitive Earth. The Earth produces clay, a substance that may have been the ingredient of the beginning of life. That is not a new idea, since it is found in very ancient stories, sources of myths, legends and artistic creations, figurative, poetic and... even technological. Life, which is formed from water and clay, takes on forms and colors that are present in us, in the depths. The question of origins has become a scientific one and is the basis of an unfinished quest, inseparable from nature and art.}}