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.


31 May 2013

Same as it ever was...


Collingwood Football Club president Eddie McGuire, who a few days ago was generally praised for his response to the racial abuse of Adam Goodes by a young Collinwood supporter, has now had his own brain fade, joking on radio that Adam Goodes could be used to advertise the forthcoming theatre production of King Kong. Go figure?!

articles at :
Eddie McGuire, Adam Goodes and ‘apes’: a landmark moment in Australian race relations
The Conversation : Tom Heenan & David Dunstan
31 May 2013
The ape insult: a short history of a racist idea
The Conversation : James Bradley
31 May 2013

Looking through a 1990s footy file, article after article is about Collingwood & Co being taken to task for racial vilification.

At the 1995 Anzac Day drawn match between Essendon and Collingwood, in front of 95,000, Damian Monkhorst racially abused Michael Long. Much media, obligatory mediation and an official handshake between the players but Long not happy with the outcome.

 The following weekend the Collingwood cheer squad hit back with their banner of STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT NAMES WILL NEVER HURT ME beside an image of a red and black Essendon dummy (spit).

 More articles of condemnation...
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Same as it ever was...
       

Saburo Murakami, Passing Through (21 panels of 42 papers)
at the second Gutai exhibitions. Tokyo, 1956

2012 cover of : Explosion! Painting as Action

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