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.


16 September 2009

Greetings EARTHonauts

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And why take ye thought for what to blog today (sic)?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Mathew 6 : 29, King James Bible

Doth morning mail and email not arriveth just as surely?

First today, sent overnight from New York, Eric Baker's
("Give us this day our daily bread") regular email bundle of recent gleanings. From these, I set aside this one tagged fullerkuppel, which translates as Fuller dome.


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In first year architecture (1970) bL learned about Buckminster Fuller and his geodesic dome. 'Bucky' was a pioneer of much that is of great import today.

Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, author, designer, inventor, and futurist.

Fuller published more than thirty books, inventing and popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", ephemeralization, and synergetics. He also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, the best known of which is the geodesic dome. Carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their resemblance to geodesic spheres.

(from Wikipedia : more here )

Perhaps Fuller's interconnected system view, as represented by his triangular matrix, has been a seed of influence in bL's diamond matrix view. Here is Fuller, again.

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Then the mail arrived. It included this leaflet from the Kagyu E-Vam Buddhist Institute. Voila! Is this not the same image, with the same view? In the foreground one who walks lightly on the earth/Earth, who looks with mindfulness upon the interdependent-arising that is City. Helicopters hover and at least one geodesic dome features in the mix.

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

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