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.
literary (adj.)
1640s, "pertaining to alphabet letters," from French littéraire, from Latin literarius/litterarius "belonging to letters or learning," from littera/litera "alphabetic letter" (see letter (n.1)). Meaning "pertaining to literature" is attested from 1737. Related: Literariness.
liTARary
after literary, "pertaining to Theatre of the Actors of Regard"
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COVID-19 as cause :
as, one by one, Australia's museums re-open...
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Re-open to Normal, or New Normal?
The English museum comes from the Latin word, and is pluralized as "museums" (or rarely, "musea"). It is originally from the Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseion), which denotes a place or temple dedicated to the Muses (the patron divinities in Greek mythology of the arts), and hence a building set apart for study and the arts,[3] especially the Musaeum (institute) for philosophy and research at Alexandria by Ptolemy I Soter about 280 BC.[4] - Wikipedia
Seat of the Muses? (Museum)
Amuse-ment Arcade?
TAR set of Mu? (Mu-seum)
The Japanese and Korean term mu (Japanese: 無; Korean: 무) or Chinese wu (traditional Chinese: 無; simplified Chinese: 无), meaning "not have; without", is a key word in Buddhism, especially Zen traditions. - wikipedia
Penelope Mason writes of Hakuin's mu :
When carefully executed, this kanji has three parallel horizontal lines, four verticals, and four marks below the grid. The configuration of strokes suggests a means of counting and after four items have been marked off, they are cancelled out by the three horizontal lines. In contrast, Hakuin's mu is a jumble of strokes expressing vitality rather than negation, energy rather than meticulous accounting...
- History of Japanese Art (p.284)
FIAPCE writes, after Soseki and Fugai :
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P.S. Article here click to enlarge
The posters can easily be mistaken for official New Museum (New York) marketing material (courtesy of Artists for Workers)
What would Australia look like without the ABC?
The ABC has not only helped shape Australia, we are the national voice that unites us.
It’s about democracy. Without the ABC we would have a balkanised and parochial bunch of broadcasters that are in danger of being compromised by profit and more intent on dividing than unifying.
Imagine what it would be like during the bushfire season if we had to rely only on state-based or even regionally based media outlets. When we are in the middle of bushfires, don’t we want to know that they are being covered by a knowledgeable and experienced network of journalists with all the supporting infrastructure of a large national network?
The ABC, funded by all of us, regardless of our creed – race, age, political beliefs – is us. It’s the way we build cross-cultural understanding, the way we help each other in times of need. It’s who we are collectively. Why would anyone want to diminish that and make us less than who we are?
This has been a devastating week for the ABC. With unemployment at an all-time high to have to inform up to 250 people they no longer had a job has been an incredibly difficult task.
Cuts to services caused by the ongoing reduction in our budget forced this action upon us and although we knew what had to be done, our hearts were with our employees.
Let me clarify the cuts because there seems to be some confusion in Government circles about them. The 2018 Budget papers clearly state that the Government’s savings measures reduce funding to the ABC by $14.623 million in 2019-20, $27.842 million in 2020-21, and $41.284 million in 2021-22. This reduction totals $83.75 million on our operational base.
It is true that over the three years the ABC budget does still increase but by a reduced amount, due to indexation on the fixed cost of transmission and distribution services. Previously, it was rising by a further $83.75 million over the same three years for indexation on our operational base. This is the funding that has been cut and considered a saving by the government.
These funding cuts are unsustainable if we are to provide the media services that Australians expect of us. Indexation must be renewed.
The strength of the ABC and its relationship with the nation comes from the very people who work for us. They are passionate about public broadcasting and are prepared to work for less than they would be paid by commercial media to deliver it. The creativity in the programs they produce, the dogged and independent journalism they pursue and the connection with communities everywhere they provide through conversations is at the very heart of what the ABC delivers to our audiences.
The ABC has a statutory requirement to operate as efficiently as possible. We have a strong track record in identifying savings and reinvesting them in services. This is how we created ABC News 24, ABC iview and a range of packages to boost services in rural and regional Australia.
There is no other authority better placed to manage the ABC than the ABC itself. We know our business and we are determined to honour our commitment to independence. All Australians expect this of us just as they expect the Government to provide the appropriate funds to allow us to do so.
The ABC is essential in generating and preserving Australia’s democratic culture. An independent, well-funded national broadcaster allows Australians, wherever they live, to connect. It is how we share our identity, how we tell our stories, how we listen to each other, how we ask for help and how we give it.
Ita Buttrose AC OBE
ABC Chair
Posted 26th June 2020
Same as it ever was. ABC supporters, including Kerry O’Brien, left, and Allan Hogan, make their feelings known in 1976.
photograph by Binna Burra Media
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we loop a song all day
today, James Blake, My Willing Heart : listen
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Looking through some art auction works
t|here this, t|here that
Shead, Sengai
alpha, omega
this and that and a cross-over theme
the avian announcement of eros and thanos
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A few days ago we reported on the downgrading of The Humanities in Australia, from without and within. More such :
National Gallery of Australia to shed staff and slash acquisitions from 3,000 to 100 a year
Stephanie Convery / The Guardian
Tuesday 23 June 2020
...that the organisation would be undergoing a restructure to “modernise” the gallery and ensure its continuing sustainability.
The restructure requires shedding between 10% and 12% of its more than 300 staff to make up the remaining $1.5m of a $3.26m shortfall...
The gallery is simultaneously planning to dramatically cut its art acquisitions as part of a strategy to focus on “masterworks rather than volume”.
....this year the gallery controversially spent almost half its annual acquisitions budget on the $6.8m artwork Cube by the US artist Jordan Wolfson...
photograph : Lukas Coch/AAP
The Debt Collection, Canberra
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Friday night footy in the time of COVID-19 is played with no paying spectators present. Tonight on TV, western suburbs Sydney (The Giants) v western suburbs Melbourne (Western Bulldogs). Therefore, melee!
After the game Ch 7 commentaTAR Brian Taylor praises the "off the outside of the non-preferred boot" kicking skill of Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontompelli.
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Saturday morning RAGE over breakfast. Suicidal Tendencies Institutionalized and the xlent false start addressed to us :
"I'm in the wrong video!"
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alTARred by
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Over late morning coffee, the Coodabeen Champions on ABC radio pay tribute to WW2 popular culture hero Dame Vera Lynn who died this week aged 103. She sang to wartime Britain; the Coodabeens sing to the one-eyed COVID-19 pandemic locked-out footy fans at the Boo Factory in WA. "Sue in Perth has requested 'We'll Boo Again'...
First verse :
We'll boo again
In our Optus grandstand
But I know we'll boo again one fine Perth day.
( rooty tooty )
There'll be a free
Paid against Josh Kennedy
And we'll boo until more Eagle frees are paid.
Final verse :
We'll boo again
Every chance that we can
We will boo even when we don't know what for.
( rooty tooty )
We'll boo again
When the visitors score
We will boo until we cannot boo no more.
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Today, two announcements from the Australian government.
First announcement : a prepared statement read by the Prime Minister Scott Morrision is serious and concerning : re. computer attacks on Australian "critical infrastructure" by "a sophisticated state-based actor", presumed by many to be the Government of China.
"This activity is targeting Australian organisations across a range of sectors, including all levels of government, industry, political organisations, education, health, essential service providers and operators of other critical infrastructure."
T S Eliot, six days after being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, as artist-in-residence at Harvard (1948) lecturing about the structure of his play 'The Cocktail Party'
Joey Ramone (The Ramones, 1979) 'Rock N' Roll High School'
Second announcement : delivered by a less sophisticated state-based actor, Education Minister Dan Tehan : business-oriented education courses will be halved in their cost to students. This will be balanced (paid for) by doubling the cost of Arts and Social Science degrees. Again, serious and concerning. Again, an attack on critical infrastructure. This time from within.
Last week Prime Minister Scott Morrision stated, in relation to Australian #blacklivesmatter protests, "there was no slavery in Australia"... thus demonstrating his ignorance or spin mis-use of Australian history.
Responding to the objections of historians, the Prime Minister :
So I don't intend to get into the history wars, my comments were not intended to give offence and if they did I deeply regret that and apologise for that. This is not about getting into the history wars.
So the Liberal-Nationals assault on critical thinking/criticism continues : Peter Costello v student unions; John Howard v Black Armband History; John Howard v Political Correctness; Tony Abbott v Climate Change science; Tony Abbott promotes teaching of 'Western Civilisation'; ... ongoing cutbacks to ABC National Broadcaster; George Brandis v arms-length Arts funding; Scott Morrison abolishes Arts Ministry*; Scott Morrrison v whistle-blowers & journalists (raids by AFP on ABC and Annika Smethurst); Australian Government Secret Trial since 2004 bugging East Timor Govt v Bernard Collaery and Witness K; Scott Morrison vs COVID-19 JobKeeper payment to Arts sector and Tertiary Education sector; Scott Morrison v Humanities courses...
* "Thursday’s ministerial restructure creates a situation where, for the first time since the existence of a cultural portfolio, there is no government department with the word “arts” in its title."
- The Guardian 6 Dec 2019
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John Madigan, former senator, dies aged 53
Alex Ford/The Courier (Ballarat)
June 16, 2020 — 1.02pm
'A true original': Former DLP senator John Madigan dies, aged 53
Rob Harris/The Age
June 16, 2020 — 4.19pm
Reproduced below is our post The Outsider from 6 June 2013. Vale John.
Our favorite blacksmith is John Madigan.
A few days ago The Weekend Australian wrote of Senator John Madigan :
He is the "most outside of outsiders" in federal politics but come September, the DLP's John Madigan might find himself at the centre of the action
JOHN MADIGAN FORGES THE HEAVY METTLE OF DLP
Stuart Rintoul / The Australian
1 June 2013
A photo in that article shows Madigan at his forge, not far from our own office.
photo : John Nowakowski
John set up here as a blacksmith when still a boy.
In the late 1970s, one of our staff commissioned him to make a branding iron in the manner of the early hunters and hearders of the Canvas Animal.
Above and below, John prepares two equal-length iron lines of inter-dependence for the ideogram brand.
The parts are then heated soft in the forge, ready to smite and shape together.
The result...
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Otsuna Munehiko (1772-1860), Gourd collection FIAPCE
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no sword
no brush
no TAR
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after Yamaoka Tesshu
Yamaoka Tesshu (1836-1888) collection FIAPCE
no word
no rush
no log
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after Yamaoka Tesshu
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anthology (n.) : mid 17th century: via French or medieval Latin from Greek anthologia, from anthos ‘flower’ + -logia ‘collection’ (from legein ‘gather’). In Greek, the word originally denoted a collection of the ‘flowers’ of verse, i.e. small choice poems or epigrams, by various authors.
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'I have gathered a posie of other men's flowers and nothing but the thread which binds them is my own'
- Michel de Montaigne (1533-92)
if it flows
it's a flower --
The Dam Busters
- poetsoftheinterverse
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Thank you Victoria Perin for your Memo Review today.
It's getting better all the time
I used to get mad at my school (No I can't complain)
The teachers who taught me weren't cool (No I can't complain)
You're holding me down (Oh), turning me round (Oh)
Filling me up with your rules (Foolish rules)
I've got to admit it's getting better (Better)
A little better all the time (can't get no worse)
I have to admit it's getting better (Better)
It's getting better since you've been mine
Me used to be angry young man
Me hiding me head in the sand
You gave me the word, I finally heard
I'm doing the best that I can
I've got to admit it's getting better (Better)
A little better all the time (can't get no worse)
I have to admit it's getting better (Better)
It's getting better since you've been mine
Getting so much better all the time
It's getting better all the time
Better, better, better
It's getting better all the time
Better, better, better
I used to be cruel to my woman
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene
And I'm doing the best that I can (Ooh)
I admit it's getting better (Better)
A little better all the time (can't get no worse)
Yes I admit it's getting better (Better)
It's getting better since you've been mine
Getting so much better all the time
It's getting better all the time
Better, better, better
It's getting better all the time
Better, better, better
Getting so much better all the time
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from Pedestal to chopping block
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
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Falls the shadow...
daadgalerie, Berlin, W.Germany
-1985 -
Native American Activists Topple Columbus Statue in Minnesota
The Twin Cities branch of the American Indian Movement (AIM) led a group of protesters in removing the Columbus statue — one of multiple monuments to the colonizer that has been defaced or brought down this week.
Hakim Bishara 11 June 2020 read article HERE
below : Police officers regard the toppled Christopher Columbus statue outside the Minnesota State Capitol.
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