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.
Berlinde de Bruyckere : We Are All Flesh
opens today at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
BERLINDE de Bruyckere's father was a butcher. During her childhood, there in his shop in Ghent, Belgium, she would watch as strong men hauled great slabs of dead animals into the fridges, where they were hung on hooks. The carcasses were butchered into smaller cuts and displayed for the day's trade. The little girl Berlinde, who loved to draw, was arrested by these images.
read full article here
Works born of bloodied memory
Andrew Stephens
THE AGE / June 2, 2012
TAGHLAY :
Cheap Cuts Cow as
Supreme Goddess as Void,
with projection-space
for self-image consumption production
image courtesy FIAPCE
TAGHLAY :
I C ME/AT R US
We are what we eat.
TAGHLAY :
We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Buddha, The Dharmapada
TAGHLAY :
d:APLAAWOA/slas
LOGOS/HA HA
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
