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.


18 June 2009

Projection-Space Thriller (2)

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COME FACE TO FACE WITH

TRUE /
AMERICAN /
ICONS /
AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM /
AMERICAN REALISM

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COME FACE TO FACE WITH
Michael "Thriller" Jackson
though here we do not actually come face to face with his face
in fact just the reverse.

Apparently he looks at
a floating (unsupported) gold-rimmed image of
a lady who also does not come face to face with his face.

She looks at a gold-rimmed cup.
COMES FACE TO FACE WITH
a gold-rimmed cup.



Why Michael "Thriller" Jackson to represent us
as The Actor of Looking?

Why not Mickey Mouse? or Charles Manson?

Why not The Man With The Golden Arm
to hold the Golden Frame
that holds the Painted Lady
who holds the Gold Framed Tea Cup
... at the Court of King Caractacus?

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(Do I get the job?)

"Now if you want to take some pictures of the fascinating witches who put the scintilating stiches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus...

...you're too late! Because they've just... passed... by!"

- Rolf Harris, 1965

COME FACE TO FACE WITH