LOGOS : The Speaking Into Being of the World
HA HA : disruptions to the Logos, Silence for instance
We've referred before to Salvatore Rosa's c.1645 self-portrait, his hand resting on the inscription AUT TACE, AUT LOQUERE MELIORA SILENTIO (Do not speak unless your words are better than silence).
We recalled it again last night when the cricket commentator Catherine McGregor spoke on ABC Lateline in tribute to the great cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud.
EMMA ALBERICI: Now unlike some of the other former players who go on to become commentators, Richie Benaud was actually a trained journalist.
CATHERINE MCGREGOR: Indeed he was.
EMMA ALBERICI: How do you think that influenced the way he attacked that job of commentating?
CATHERINE MCGREGOR: Well, he was conscientious. I had the pleasure of watching him at work. Richie did his work. He was fastidious in keeping across the players. He adapted. It's been mentioned by some of the contemporary writers today: change never frightened Richie. He saw the game. He debuted in first-class cricket hot on the heels of Bradman's Invincibles and he's died today and had been active up until a season ago. He never - he never one of those people who reverted to nostalgia or bemoaned a mythical golden era that we'd lost. He was always very much a contemporary, he was across the techniques of the players, he knew the players. And Jim Maxwell said a beautiful thing in the package and it was: it was his trademark. Richie never said anything that wouldn't improve on silence. He was a great broadcaster, he was a natural broadcaster, he let the pictures tell a story and with great aplomb and subtlety just add value, rather than hyping and talking to fill space. He was a very, very gifted broadcaster, and when you look at the longevity of that career, it's quite extraordinary, frankly.
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA
On 4 January 2014 400 Richie Benauds, each with their Channel 9 microphone, took up commentary residence at The Sydney Cricket Ground for Day 2 of Australia vs England, The Ashes Test.
CATHERINE MCGREGOR: Indeed he was.
EMMA ALBERICI: How do you think that influenced the way he attacked that job of commentating?
CATHERINE MCGREGOR: Well, he was conscientious. I had the pleasure of watching him at work. Richie did his work. He was fastidious in keeping across the players. He adapted. It's been mentioned by some of the contemporary writers today: change never frightened Richie. He saw the game. He debuted in first-class cricket hot on the heels of Bradman's Invincibles and he's died today and had been active up until a season ago. He never - he never one of those people who reverted to nostalgia or bemoaned a mythical golden era that we'd lost. He was always very much a contemporary, he was across the techniques of the players, he knew the players. And Jim Maxwell said a beautiful thing in the package and it was: it was his trademark. Richie never said anything that wouldn't improve on silence. He was a great broadcaster, he was a natural broadcaster, he let the pictures tell a story and with great aplomb and subtlety just add value, rather than hyping and talking to fill space. He was a very, very gifted broadcaster, and when you look at the longevity of that career, it's quite extraordinary, frankly.
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA
On 4 January 2014 400 Richie Benauds, each with their Channel 9 microphone, took up commentary residence at The Sydney Cricket Ground for Day 2 of Australia vs England, The Ashes Test.
LOGOS/HA HA of the highest order! Vale Richie.
Theatre of the Actors of Regard
detailA Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA
