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.
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Last weekend's rainfall has brought replenishment to the watercourses and some relief to the people of Victoria. Susie and I often amble our way around the ravine track behind the local footy ground. What a pleasure these last few days to see and hear the usual trickle of a creek now rushing to the water storages. These photos from this morning's walk.
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From today's Wall Street Journal's
Pictures of the Day :
The sculpture What You See Might Not Be Real by Chen Wenling was displayed at a Beijing gallery Sunday. The artwork is a critique of the global financial crisis, with the bull representing Wall Street and the man pinned to the wall representing Bernard Madoff.
(Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)
More photos and exhibition info
here( click image to enlarge )
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After a great AFL season a worthy Grand Final today : Cats by 12 points over The Saints.
This snap from 2006 as Half Cat walks among the long waiting faithful at Kardinia Park, Geelong.
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.Last night's dream :
"The object is appearance in the form of emptiness".
I awoke, wrote the statement accurately and returned into the dream, seemingly for the remainder of the night, into to a flow of exegetic drawings none of which survived the awakening.
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Continuing the ground, path, shoes and shadows theme is this recent addition to the
bL heap. Bought online, it was titled or described there as MAN OBSERVES WOMENS SHADOWS. Theatre of the Actors of Looking presents "Shadow Play".
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Leonard Cohen,
"Tower of Song"I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the great beyond
They tied me to this table right here
In the tower of song
Leonard Cohen,
"Hallelujah"Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah Leonard, Happy Birthday. Herewith: my treasured old song book of yours from 1969, bought in the early 70's, strummed through and sung from and never tossed away.
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Self, light and other.
Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1961.
LIFE Magazine caption:
Actress Sophia Loren reading newspaper by candlelight while in costume for role in movie “Madame Sans Gene.”
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