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.
The human brain is divided into two hemispheres – left and right. Scientists continue to explore how some cognitive functions tend to be dominated by one side or the other; that is, how they are lateralised. - Wikipedia
TARists of binary matters and matrix studies continue to observe Re. subject matter regarding object matter
Self-Portrait with Two Circles, Rembrandt, painted c.1665–1669
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Jen Bray (at lectern) presents the list of amendments sought :
see previous post
Hepburn Shire Mayor, Councillor Licia Kokocinski counts the votes.
LOCAL LAW 2 enacted
Those in favour (Local Law 2 )
Cr Licia Kokocinski (Mayor) – Coliban Ward
Cr Kate Redwood AM – Birch Ward
Cr Don Henderson – Creswick Ward
Cr John Cottrell (Deputy Mayor) – Holcombe Ward
Cr Greg May – Creswick Ward
Those against (Local Law 2)
Cr Fiona Robson – Birch Ward
Cr Neil Newitt – Cameron Ward
SIGN FIELD enacts
SIGN
SIGN
SIGN
RESIGN
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'A Symphony 'O' Signs'
after Charles Ives
'Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)'
orchesTAR 1 : Theatre of the enActors of Regulation
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orchesTAR 2 : Theatre of the Actors of disRespect
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6pm
Tuesday 18 Feb 2020
Daylesford Town Hall
Sign Riders arriving at the Town Hall
David Holmgren and Su Dennett, permaculture pioneers
Andrea Lindsay and an earlier campaign's re-purposing of a
Hepburn Shire councillor's address to "You people...
Meg Ulman referencing the disputed LL2 (Local Laws version2)
to be voted on at this evening's Shire Council Meeting
Patrick Jones
Peter O'Mara
Petrus Spronk
Mark Dickenson and Jen Bray photo Natasha Morgan
SINGing and SIGNing against LL2 busking laws
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...and many more. Tomorrow, what happens when the Festival
moves inside for the Shire Council Meeting and vote on LL2.
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STOP THE PRESS
just in from Mr D
Signs
The 5 Man Electrical Band
lyrics as recorded by The Five Man Electrical Band in 1971 and included on the 1990 compilation album "Made In Canada - Volume Three 1965-1974"
And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said "You look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do"
So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that. Huh! Me workin' for you!"
Whoa-oh-oh
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house,
"Hey! What gives you the right?"
"To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in"
"If God was here he'd tell you to your face, Man, you're some kinda sinner"
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
Now, hey you, mister, can't you read?
You've got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can't even watch, no you can't eat
You ain't supposed to be here
The sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside
Ugh!
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And the sign said, "Everybody welcome. Come in, kneel down and pray"
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
I didn't have a penny to pay
So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me. I'm alive and doin' fine."
Wooo!
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Sign
Sign, sign
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Edwin Tanner is one of our favorite artists of Melbourne, along with John Brack, Eric Thake and Robert Rooney.
Edwin Tanner
Self Portrait of a Public Servant
1953
Edwin Tanner
Double negation of family resemblances. Homage to
Wittgenstein
1967-68
(Untitled - Study for an Astrological Mural)
Edwin Tanner
"I think that the river is a strong brown god - sullen,
untamed and intractable" but wholly devoid of fish
1972
with dog Ethelred the Ready, 1974
Fryer Library Pictorial Collection, UQFL477, PIC406 (detail)
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We've appreciated the inclusion of some of the more contemporary sports at the Rio Olympics.
It was great to see running-and-shooting brought to the fore in Modern Pentathlon. Congratulations to Chloe Espesito for winning that.
Chloe Esposito
And in Gymnastics, mandala ideogram rotation. Congratulations to the Aussie mixed doubles team from Sorlie's Revue for taking out the Antipodean Pedal section of that one.
photo Jeff Carter
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here today
Patrick Jones : Theatre of the Actors of Regard
The Gnu Glove Puppets : Towards A New Ground
Henry Purcell : Published in "Musick's Hand-Maid", 1689
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Ikon (16th C.) : Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Saint Nicholas (Greek: Ἅγιος Νικόλαος, Hagios Nikólaos, Latin: Sanctus Nicolaus); (15 March 270 – 6 December 343),[3][4] also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor (modern-day Demre, Turkey). Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker (Νικόλαος ὁ Θαυματουργός, Nikolaos ho Thaumaturgos). He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, a practice celebrated on his feast day―St Nicholas Day (6 December, Gregorian calendar, in Western Christianity and 19 December, Julian calendar, in Eastern Christianity); and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas, itself from a series ofelisions and corruptions of the transliteration of "Saint Nikolaos".
Who needs Santa? We've got Street Nick the Postie all year round to deliver us treats (today, unaware it was his gift-giver namesake's commemoration day, Nick brought a gift of his own freshly picked red cherries) (more here), even his own portraits : this latest as Postal Cowboy on New Steed (mask painted by Nick).
*Note the black X on the Holy Steed's white collar, as on the ikon above!
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What a joy this morning to listen to our inspirational frontier friends Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman being interviewed by Michael Williams on the national broadcaster.
Blueprint for Living
'Frugal Family Adventure'
ABC Radio National : click here to listen
Here they are on their recent 6,000 km adventure. Zero out front of Patrick and Zephyr ...
... and Meg and Woody.
Now, from Newsouth Books ...
Permaculture co-founder and yet another extraordinary local resident David Holmgren launched The Art of Free Travel at the Daylesford Library and Community Garden earlier this month.
This week Artist As Family will set off on their bikes again, from Daylesford to Sydney and back for a 3 month book tour. If you encounter them along the way, please make them welcome.
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Monday. For many it's the first day back at work after Christmas and New Year.
We check the mail box : fourteen envelopes, happily none are bills.
It's a pleasing sight and prospect. A good number, for sure, but far from the one-day record. That goes to QLD artist friend Bob, a regular correspondent for around 35 years. 49 on one day is his record. There's no photo of that, but here's one of 33 on another day.
Back to today's 14 envelopes. One large one has a hand drawn Official Stamp and no sender's name.
What a ripper! It's from Nick the Postie : a self portrait with his Australia Post motorbike helmet, leaving behind a dog and diving Spring magpie.
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We do appreciate our posties, their pre-dawn starts, their trials by weather, their responsibility and good care. (Some months ago, Jeff told me that Nick had told him that for two consecutive days he had no mail to deliver here. Jeff said, they had even considered sending some themselves. Fortunately, on the third day the drought brought and the mail came through again. Top spirit, that!)
Since we've mentioned Jeff, here's his 2014 Christmas stencil card. Another beaut.
The card that Nick refers to on his portrait was this one, below, showing a French country-postie on his saddle-packed velo approaching the challenge of a farmhouse dog.
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Nick the Postie and Greg the Postie, who also dropped-in a drawing just before Christmas...
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... delivered the 25 Christmas cards (and others since - thank you) now hanging on our office wall.
In tribute to all posties post-Hermes and Mercury, who have stamped sorted and delivered the extra-ordinary volume and variety of correspondence between peoples, we have strung this year's cards across a made-in-China oil-on-canvas re-imaging (it too, sent and received through the mail) of an 1888 Vincent van Gogh portrait of his friend and final postman, Joseph Roulin.
Van Gogh and Joseph Roulin met and became good friends and drinking companions. Van Gogh compared Roulin to Socrates on many occasions; while Roulin was not the most attractive man, van Gogh found him to be "such a good soul and so wise and so full of feeling and so trustful." Strictly by appearance, Roulin reminded van Gogh of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky - the same broad forehead, broad nose, and shape of the beard. Roulin saw van Gogh through the good and the most difficult times, corresponding with his brother, Theo following his rift with Gauguin and being at his side during and following the hospital stay in Arles.
- wikipedia ( here )
Below, peering through the very apt cards of inter-mediacy by Christian and Tash, postman Roulin returns our recognition.
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