bLOGOS/HA HA: Three Act Regard (Part 2)

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.

19 August 2023

Three Act Regard (Part 2)

Theatre of the Actors of Regard yesterday presented Three Act Regard (Part 1) in which the first regard brought forth laughter at the appearance of a Label Flower.

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Theatre of the Actors of Regard

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LOGOS/HA HA

Today, another represenTARtion of the “Flower Sermon” offered by Guatama Buddha to his followers at Vulture Peak. There, it is said, he twirled a flower...

“At this, they all remained silent. Only the venerable Kashyapa broke into a smile. The World-Honored One said: “I have the eye treasury of the true Dharma, the marvelous mind of nirvana, the true form of no-form, the subtle gate of the Dharma. It does not depend on letters, being specially transmitted outside all teachings. Now I entrust Mahakashyapa with this.”

The scroll shown here is by Yosa Buson from the collection of Henry Weatherfield & Associates.

[Wikipedia : Yosa Buson or Yosa no Buson (与謝蕪村, 1716 – January 17, 1784) was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period. Along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, Buson is considered among the greatest poets of the Edo Period.)

Three Act Regard (Part 2)

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