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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The comedy department at the National Gallery of Victoria has had another brainwave : to play the free pencil movement at their own game.
And so this week across Australia fpm members and supporters have been receiving NGV envelopes emblazoned with the dictum LOVE YOUR NGV
Brilliant!
"Stick that in your fpencilm and draw breath!"
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"You may snap my pencil,
And you may blunt my nib,
But I shall NEVER EVER
LOVE YOU"
Apparently this is only the first edition of a series of such envelopes. Others are rumoured to include
RESPECT YOUR NGV
HONOUR YOUR NGV
OBEY YOUR NGV
When the fpm recipients open these envelopes it gets even funnier : they are asked to make offering to NGV
Each donor will receive this cute LOVE YOUR NGV
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