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.


06 June 2019

The Anatomy Lesson of a Free Press


Students of Theatre of the Actors of Regard (STAR) would have immediately recognised this scene and its ongoing lesson.


photo : ABC News- Brendan Esposito  

 Scott Morrison says the recent AFP raids on journalists were "at complete arm's length" from his Government, but leading journalists say police were operating within laws created by the state — laws that will have a chilling effect on whistleblowers.

PM denies Government ordered AFP raids on journalist, ABC - AM ...


Rembrandt van Rijn  
In Rembrandt's 'The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Nicolaes Tulp' (1632), above, we observe the investigative doctor interrogating the matter and meanings of 'an arm's length'.

Mr Lyons has revealed details of the warrant’s broad scope, which seeks: “Handwritten/digital notes, diary/ies, correspondence — internal, external, emails & other electronic forms of messaging, minutes, reports, briefing documents, assessments, graphics, sketches, photographs or imagery/vision — drafts & final, story pitch planning logs, broadcast and online schedules, raw or unedited footage in its entirety, journalist’s piece to camera, scripts drafts and finals including voiceovers, story boards/plans, status updates, website content, documents classified as ‘secret’ together with any manual, instruction, password or other thing that assists to gain access to or interpret or decode any of the above things.”


Federal Police raid ABC offices in Sydney over 2017 story about Afghanistan, a day after Annika Smethurst search 

Below, the lesson re. "add, copy, delete or alter" : photojournalists at FreakingNews.com got the steal on the full story of The Lesson after an arms length raid by the 1632 Dutch Federal Police.

FreakingNews.com after Rembrandt van Rijn  

Kerry O'Brien says AFP raids on the ABC and Annika Smethurst 'go to the heart of democracy'

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-06/kerry-obrien-says-democracy-is-at-stake-after-afp-raids/11184764


 PHOTO- AFP officers sit with the ABC legal team and an IT 
 specialist (centre) overlooking the search for emails and data. 
 (ABC News- Brendan Esposito)
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