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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.

29 September 2017

= CAPITAL = KUNST = SPORT = POLITIX =

Footy fans shouldn't be subjected to a politicised grand final. Sport is sport! https://t.co/1uRh4eZ61Z
— Tony Abbott (@TonyAbbottMHR) September 27, 2017

Toxic Tony Abbott says politics and sport shouldn't mix. Yet he is well known as a politician AND as a sportsman (boxing, cycling, swimming, rugby) who regularly mixes both.

Australian Prime Minister Abbott is now a Wallaby : Fox Sports

The NRL asked their supporters who they would like to entertain them at this year's Grand Final, and they asked for Macklemore. One of his set-list of four songs is to be his 2013 hit, Same Love.

The opening lyric line is :

When I was in the 3rd grade I thought that I was gay 'cause I could draw...

This, at the same time as the national Same Sex Marriage Survey, is too much for 'Just Say No' Tony who now, as a politician, intervenes in sport to say that politics and sport shouldn't mix.

In 1976, when FIAPCE produced this art = football = politix = society manifesto, it did seem a bit fanciful. Forty years later, this IS the state of play. Thank you Peter Norman, Nicky Winmar et al!