development. There is no clear beginning or end to the relationship of culture to culture/nature itself: It is like a serpent in a ring, biting its own tail, an ancient symbol also called the “the ouroboros” (sometimes it’s a dragon biting its tail). The Klein bottle is another image that comes to mind (the mathematical image of a “bottle containing itself” first presented in 1882 by Felix Klein). Or, if you like another image less imbued with occult or mathematical symbolism: a dog chasing its own tail.
