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.
Ye Gods of Rock, it's another 50th anniversary!
Barefoot in the Grass : 50 Year Anniversary of the Sunbury Music Festival is at Hume Global Learning Centre, Sunbury, until March 27.
Tonight, there will be a panel discussion featuring festival lighting director and author Peter Evans, plus roadies, musicians and fans, and performances by Mike Rudd of Spectrum and Brenden Mason of Madder Lake.
Your correspondent was there too, with a notebook a nib pen and a bottle of India Ink.
Theatre of the Anniversaries of Rock
In 1971, Mary Macqueen was one of our RMIT Architecture faculty tutors. At Crossley Gallery, I had seen her rapid impression pencil drawings of zoo animals. Hence... Theatre of the Actors of Regard
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
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