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.


12 May 2019

LOGOS/HA HA : Common Sense v The Rules


Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football,[2] or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts (worth six points) or between behind posts (worth one point). (Wikipedia)

*PRESS RELEASE* (Sunday 12 May 2019)
Following Friday night's 'Swan Up A Goal Post' incident 
at the SCG, and the endorsement by the AFL CEO of the umpires' decision to preference "common sense" over the Rules of the Code, Australian RULES Football is 
to be rebranded Australian Common Sense Football.
Sidney Nolan, Footballer (1946)                            collection NGV

In the mid-1940s, when Nolan was painting boyhood recollections of St Kilda and "heroic" figures such as bushranger Ned Kelly, he decided to paint Footballer, an "emblematic portrait of the sports-warrior".[5] The work was painted in the dining room at Heide, the Templestowe home of art patrons John and Sunday Reed, on 24 August 1946. In his journal, Nolan writes: "Finished my painting of a footballer this morning and called Jim [the gardener at Heide] to have a look at it. He said it looked quite real, almost as if you were there, so it at least passed the critical eye of a specialist."[5] Its completion date falls in the middle of Nolan's iconic first series of 27 Ned Kelly works, all but one painted in the Heide dining room. Together with the Kelly series, Footballer has been interpreted as a "veiled self-portrait"—both men, like the artist, stand outside society in a "space no longer governed by everyday rules."[6][7]  (Wikipedia)


After the siren, Dane Rampe (Sydney Swans) climbs a goal post
as David Myers (Bombers) prepares to kick for the win.     

AFL boss Gillon McLachlan has praised the "practical" umpiring decision to warn but not penalise Sydney’s Dane Rampe for his bizarre move to scurry up the goal post as an Essendon player lined up for an after-the-siren shot at goal.

The Sydney co-captain risked giving away a free kick – almost certainly resulting in a winning goal for Essendon – by deciding to climb the goal post as Bomber David Myers prepared to kick for goal from about 60 metres out.

‘‘People want, I think, common sense in the umpiring and some practicality. I hear that all the time. I think that’s what was exhibited last night. That’s what happens in our game – people cut it both ways.’’- Gil McLachlan 

Rampe's goal-post climb: AFL backs 'practical umpiring'
Scott Spits | The Age
11 May 2019

Theatre of Aussie Rulelessness  
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
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