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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One more from the Book of Sin (1958), made at age 7.
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The Priest washes away my sins with our Lord's Precious Blood
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
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Which was more or less ready to post ...
... then T sent a link to wolf wolf
an illustrated book by her son J, made at age 8.
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Two of Hearts : one of suffering, one of wisdom. Together they point us from the mind of
drawthing to the (of little difference) mind of
painthing. More in the coming posts.
In the meantime, this secular painter applies his trade.
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
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