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.


20 February 2019

Flow-er Stall


Picked from yesterday's Label Tree ...


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19 February 2019

andscape and traveller ] at rest (



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17 February 2019

Eye Scream

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16 February 2019

Expressionisms

       
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15 February 2019

Vale Robert Ryman

May 30, 1930 – February 8, 2019

















 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ryman

















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 Robert Ryman’s Surface Veil II & Surface Veil III, 1971, at the Museum of 
 Modern Art’s retrospective exhibition, 1993-94. Photograph: Ted Thai/
 Life Images Collection/Getty














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14 February 2019

Bellavoir to Bonzaview



The journalist Alice Avril (Blandine Bellavoir) of
La Voix du Nord ...

...is reported to be on assignment at Bonzaview for
La Voix du Vide ...

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11 February 2019

SUPPORT sought...


for an imminent break away! Surely, it must fall?!
see: Means to Suspension of Disbelief

Yesterday, we were looking at and admiring this Theatre of the Actors of Regard page from the National Gallery of Australia's Foundation Annual Report 2015-16.


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Conceptual Annual Report : Instead of suspending the heavy gold-framed picture - A break away! (1891) by the Australian artist Tom Roberts, collection of AGSA -  as it would have been hung when first exhibited, by strong metal wires attached at one end to the wall and at the other to this weighty object, the artwork here appears to float, SUPPORT-ed not by any physical wires but by the word SUPPORT , by the power of inscription, the spell of LANGUAGE.

We also note the intricacies of this photographic composition. At the base of the outer image, the silhouette man's raised right shoe turns to direct us to the leg-cropped woman. Inside the painted pic, the well-fit jigsaw-piece horseman, he too, leans out to point to the woman's curve of neck and head.

It's that old vaudeville magic. The no-visible-means-of-support leviation trick.  Another break away! brought under control.


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 Thank you for your support.

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10 February 2019

eat sleep TARbeat



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09 February 2019

fun TAR mental | The Holy Trinity and the Three Graces go nightclubbing...




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07 February 2019

Climate Change | Political Responsibility | Criminal Ignorance


In the matter of Climate Change, We the People have been disgracefully served by our political leadership. 

bLOGOS/HA HA has been considering: should
Criminal Ignorance be a matter of legal resort?


Willful blindness (sometimes called ignorance of law,[1]:761
willful ignorance or contrived ignorance or Nelsonian knowledge) is a term used in law to describe a situation in which a person seeks to avoid civil or criminal liability for a wrongful act by intentionally keeping himself or herself unaware of facts that would render him or her liable. In United States v. Jewell, the court held that proof of willful ignorance satisfied the requirement of knowledge as to criminal possession and importation of drugs.[1]:225

Although the term was originally—and still is—used in legal contexts, the phrase "willful ignorance" has come to mean any situation in which people intentionally turn their attention away from an ethical problem that is believed to be important by those using the phrase (for instance, because the problem is too disturbing for people to want it dominating their thoughts, or from the knowledge that solving the problem would require extensive effort).  Wikipedia : Willful blindness

Tony Abbott
'The climate change argument is absolute crap...'
1 January 2009 (Source)

Scott Morrison
'This is coal. Do not be afraid. Do not be scared. 
It will not hurt you.'
10 February 2017 : Members of the government COALition, including Scott Morrison, Barnaby Joyce, Josh Frydenberg and Julia Banks, performing 'COAL for TAR'

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