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.
Further to yesterday's vainglorious solipsism, from Theatre of the Actors of Regard (Dolce & Gabbana, Milan, September 2015) it's Selfies On Parade.
Best in category.
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA
We're tipping as the next reflexive : the sketchie (via selfie-sketch, meta-sketch).
It's already happening : yesterday at the bakery on the otherwise bare counter a lone brown paper bag sketchie. Bread on the shelves but no one there to serve. The customer examined the bag. Eventually bought some bread and took the bag home.
One side : three dimensions of space tightly wrapped and all self contained.
The other side, same bag, same container : three free lines (or possibly they support an unseen container) and three lines as supports for an ideogram of dependent arising.
Paper bag, teacher, projection-space, container : same bag, aware and self-illustrating as both Relative (one side) and Absolute/empty of inherence (the other).
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA
