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is represented by masks (the fake self that acts according to the convention of its historical time). The masks have gaping mouths, ready to swallow the wealth pouring down into them. One of them, at the front of the painting, is reaching out a hand to grab the fleeting wealth that is raining down before it. The artist criticizes here, in my opinion, the capitalistic pursuit of abundance and success within a linear time and represents it as an alienated, ‘false pursuit’ which dis- tances the human being from an authentic inner search. PERSONAL AUTHENTIC TIME The Renaissance is regularly presented as the period that saw the birth of the in- dividual, in the modern sense of the word. However, the discovery of the Human during the Renaissance is not a complete innovation, but rather a new version of a phenomenon whose roots are firmly planted in the foundations of Western culture. Individualism is tightly bound up with the birth of the self-awareness necessary for the development of the individual. While this self-awareness had Fig. 3: Chaya Agur, Falling Angel, mixed techniques, 50 x 60 cm. Western Apocalyptic Time and Personal Authentic Time | 107www.jrfm.eu 2019, 5/2, 95–116