David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.


04 September 2017

wept

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weep for painting 
MARS, Melbourne 
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above : in the arms of the virgin
by Nick Mourtzakis
2017
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after The Man of Sorrows in the arms of the Virgin
by Hans Membling
c.1475
collection of National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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below : after Spatial Concept - Green Crater
by Lucio Fontana
c.1962-64
as regarded by Theatre of the Actors of Regard
at NGV Melbourne 1971

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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
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FIAPCE  
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
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Stigmatic Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
 LOGOS/HA HA