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.
Man holds record for writing 1,749 characters on rice grain
by Shubhodeep Datta - 23 Jan 2017
A man from Jaipur, Surendra Kumar Apharya, holds the Guinness world record for writing 1,749 characters on a single grain. He also has to his credit, a world record of writing 249 characters on a strand of human hair. To master this form of precision writing, Apharya learnt yoga and he can even hold his breath for two minutes.
Theatre of the Actors upon Rice
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA
