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.


12 July 2013

PIG-IRON DUALISM

       
Last time, we looked at a PIG-IRON BOB poster.
    
 
   
Two things linked together
PIG linked to IRON

Two things linked together
PIG-IRON linked to BOB

Two things linked together
PIG-IRON BOB! linked to POSTER
          
Two things linked together
WORD linked to WORD
   
Two things linked together
LOGOS/HA HA linked to LOGOS/HA HA

Here's another, this one from 1983 :
 
Two things linked together
Person linked to Art
someone linked to something...
          
Two things linked together
Specific-Bonding detail
   
Two things linked together
LOGOS/HA HA linked to LOGOS/HA HA      


 click image to enlarge  
                 
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something ...
 
 LOGOS/HA HA