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.
Instruments of the Passion (continued)
four breath masks
four carry bags
four book cover cloths
four paintings of dependent-arising
A Praise to the Four Noble Truths : conceived and gathered in Kathmandu (Nepal) and in Bodhgaya (India) in 1998; realised at ACCA (Melbourne) in 2006 for Juliana Engberg's The Unquiet World.
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Theatre of the Actors of Regard
In India at that time, the air pollution was so bad that many wore the simple cloth masks sold on the street by children. Protection of any sort thought better than none.
Here now in 2020 :
- in our COVID-19 pandemic atmosphere
- breath protection masks are worn worldwide
- as the WHO investigates this coronavirus cause
- as scientists attempt to find antidote and cure
The Four Noble Truths :
- the truth of suffering
- the truth of the cause of suffering
- the truth of the cessation of suffering
- the truth of the path that leads to the cessation of suffering
FIAPCE
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA
