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.
Over the Christmas, Solstice and Hanukkah period, many folk decorate their homes inside and out with displays of light.
Christmas lights around Melbourne, 2013
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While this is happening, the crack team of artists at BABELab continue their year round efforts to simplify museoLOGOS/HA HA text production.
Their LABELator often runs late into the night.
Click tracking to the sounds of Andy Hart (try it yourself: click here) and Melbourne Deepcast, this nightshift artist doubles his beat with eyes well attuned to the phases of LOGOSequencia :
courtesy : mini cine (FIAPCE)
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