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.
Laughing Christ, Noel Counihan, 1970
Lazarus is dead, they said.
Jesus the Christ the Logos spoke thus unto him,
saying :
"Arise, Sir Lazarus!"
Chorus :
Lazarus is dead, long live Lazarus!
Lazarus is dead, long live Lazarus!
Lazarus is dead, long live Lazarus!
Lazarus is dead, long live Lazarus!
Auferweckung des Lazarus, St. Maria in Kapitol, Koln
Jesus and Lazarus had a good laugh together...
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And now the TAR Chorus :
Art is dead, long live Art!
Art is dead, long live Art!
Art is dead, long live Art!
Art is dead, long live Art!
Kazimir Malevich, Suprematist Cross (Small Cross in Black over Red on White), 1920-27, Stedelijk Museum : johan's photoblog
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Marie's words to Jeanne have long since reached the sea and returned into the various atmospheres.
Art is dead, Long live Art!
Verbum mortuum est, dum vivat.
The great circulation of language continues. Below, a new reign falls upon the ground of all, and on those standing around; on the dog, too.
In 1808, Théâtre des Acteurs de Regard proposed that this monument should be inscribed with a poem beginning
'Passants, contemplez cette pyramide…'
'Passers by, contemplate this pyramid...'
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...but it never eventuated.
A.B. is writing to chere Leontine : the fall of words align with the obelisk (atopped by the funerary vase intended to hold the bullet-pierced heart of Louis Desaix ...but it never eventuated) and with the rood tree, stripped and strung with the lines of the new langue : telegraph, telephone and electrification.
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La Langue, French, is both tongue and language
The Logos, from the Greek, refers variously to the Word of God, the Christ... and (also our) Speaking the World into Being
bLOGOS/HA HA is all of the above plus burps and blots and laughs and farts and dribbles and
1904 : words of Marie, script, flowing to the see
to observe the life cycle - Bonne Fete - of her friend Miss Jeanne at the House of the Water Castle (Villa du chateau d'eau), Bort.
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Today is variously known in Australia as Australia Day and Invasion Day.
"It was like a church turned inside out."
Christine recounting her experience of Uluru
. . . .
In the Beginning
the circle
the sun bright and looking out
and the moon often inward
both within
Then the Terrible Twos when
one day the circle stuck it's tongue out
stuck it out so far
it went all the way round
Now the sun and moon inside and out
such fun to see the rivers run...
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When The Duke toured Australia in January 1970, we were there to see and hear him, up the back at Festival Hall, Melbourne.
Now comes the unexpectedly wonderful news that Prime Minister Tony Abbott is to make The Duke a Knight of Australia.
Arise, Sir Duke!
Music is a world within itself
With a language we all understand
With an equal opportunity
For all to sing, dance and clap their hands
But just because a record has a groove
Don't make it in the groove
But you can tell right away at letter A
When the people start to move
They can feel it all over
They can feel it all over people
They can feel it all over
They can feel it all over people
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Heapster reading Harold Mitchell's Time to recycle Australia's economy in The Age today, looks up at last year's FIAPCE Values poster and nods.
Oh yeah!
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lineage
nib pen and ink
paper and white out
ex-postal pre-digital rubber stamp
scanner
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Today, our postman delivered this postcard.
It shows a portrait of the distinguished veteran postman Le Père Huguenin, as photographed by the Robert Brothers of Le Locle for Theatre of the Actors of Regard.
The verso postmarks indicate the card was first sent in 1903, from Le Locle, to the writer's dear son in Germany : Cher fils Gustave...
Huguenin the intermediary fixes his gaze. To his right, he holds a small rectangular parcel; to his left, from his shoulder, he suspends a large rectangular deliveries box.
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We have no record of the messager-facteur who first delivered this postcard; or what, if anything, was made of the meta- moment the card's imagery provided.
What we can add is this early photo portrait of Le Père Huguenin. Already practising his intense regard, he was known then as Le Bébé Huguenin.
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It's the last week for Eikōn: Icons of the Orthodox Christian World at the Ballarat Art Gallery.
Of particular interest to bLOGOS/HA HA, given the present turmoil at the meeting points of Islam's blasphemy proscription and the West's ideal of free expression, is this image of this image of the Christ.
'The Image Not Made by Human Hands’, also known as ‘The Mandylion’, or ‘The Holy Face of Edessa’ (Russia, 17th century), egg tempera and gesso on linen over wood, 30.8 x 25.7 cm, (Private Collection, Sydney).
So too, the accompanying gallery wall text. Notes were made : "The existence of this image was the primary argument for the Divine Sanction of images...".
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the name "Veronica" comes from the Latin vera, meaning "true" or "Truthful", and the Greek eikon, meaning "image"; the Veil of Veronica was therefore largely regarded in medieval times as the "true image", the truthful representation of Jesus, preceding the Shroud of Turin. (Wikipedia)
Albrecht Dürer, Sudarium of St Veronica supported by two angels, an engraving (British Museum)
What about blasphemy by web bots? Is that possible? The nuances get so angels-on-a-pin-head weird.
Here's what happened as we transferred this Portable Network Graphic of The Image Not Made by Human Hands to Google Chrome Photos in order to upload it to bLOGOS/HA HA. The bots sent in their Facial Recognition engineers :
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The Masked Mesmer and model at the local TAR - always a great Saturday night out.
courtesy Theatre of the Actors of Regard
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"Who did you say you were, again?"
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P.S. clue matrix here
A man of Middle Eastern Appearance walks into this Modern Western Office of bLOGOS/HA HA.
He says, I Am the Logos, the Word of God.
He asks to speak to the Editor.
image courtesy Theatre of the Actors of Regard
Next thing we know, He and our staff are splashed (like an Oil Painting) across the latest cover of
God Speaks To Modern Man.
This, on the same day that Charlie Hebdo publishes again; one week after eleven of their company and two police (later, elsewhere, five others) were murdered in their Paris office by Islamic extremists.
Above, editorial staff of Charlie Hebdo work on the new issue in the offices of French newspaper Liberation (photo AFP/Bertrand Guay) and below, Charlie Hebdo staff at the launch of the new issue.
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