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.


30 January 2016

Self Serving Sentence


She sees See Selfs by the Self Sure

I self 
you self
he/she selfs
we self
you self
they self



 Mary Anning of palaeontoLOGOS/HA HA fame

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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...

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She sees See Selfs

subject verb object
subject verb object
subject verb object
subject verb object
subject verb object
subject verb object
           
 Genesis : Self Made Sign

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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...

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Self self self (Self is all you need)

self self self
self self self
self self self
self self self
self self self
self self self


 20teens : Age of the Selfie Sketch

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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...

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