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 June 2012

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Mal E at Ephemeral - male has blogged today about that most renowned bog in a can - Piero Manzoni's Merda d' artista aka Artist's Shit. 

There's one coming up for sale. The production verb that Christies use in their Lot Description is 'executed'. Executed in 1961, this work is number twelve from an edition of ninety. Perhaps Manzoni merded them into being! ("Macbeth doth murrrrder sleep.") 

Yes, it's a classic. Like that other classic, Surfin Bird by The Trashmen, two years later in 1963.

But today, let's all sing instead this favorite version of the naughty schoolboy :

A-well-a everybody's heard about the merde
M-m-m-merde, merde, merde, m-merde's the word
A-well-a merde, merde, merde, the merde is the word 
A-well-a merde, merde, merde, well the merde is the word 
A-well-a merde, merde, merde, m-merde's the word 
A-well-a merde, merde, merde, well the merde is the word
A-well-a merde, merde, m-merde's the word
A-well-a merde, merde, merde, m-merde's the word
A-well-a merde, merde, merde, well the merde is the word
A-well-a merde, merde, m-merde's the word
A-well-a don't you know about the merde?
Well, everybody knows that the merde is the word!
A-well-a merde, merde, m-merde's the word
A-well-a...

bLOGOS/HA HA junior staff are fartoo easily amused by such things. Words about murdes and terds and stuff

No wonder they guffaw at this old French postcard.

Man Regards Edition of 1000 9679111 !

try using a mirror...

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