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.
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whOse lOng hair is rOlled in a lOOp behind
her cl-sed eye
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nO nOt On the Other side Of the mOOn
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...within and withOut
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Good, I feel good (so good)
Knock on wood 'cause I wanna feel this way tomorrow
Sayin' mono mono mono mono
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Mmmm! (so good)
Eatin' mon O mon O mon O mon O
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Ah I read the news today, oh boy,
four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small,
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
I'd love to turn you on.
A Day in the Life
Lennon–McCartney / The Beatles
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
In this scene from Paris Blues (1961) Joanne Woodward and Sydney Poitier are talking about her Paris holiday boyfriend the musician Ram Bowen (Rimbaud/HA HA), played by Paul Newman. Poitier, as a fellow muso, is telling Woodward that Ram is a "serious" musician, that his music comes first, before any woman. She understands the advice being given.
She says :
"Oh." (O)
He confirms :
"Oh." (O)
While this is happening, Woodward's character is constantly playing with her food, a slice of 'Swiss cheese'. At the start of the discussion the cheese is shaped into something resembling a (Zorro) mask with two eye holes.
By the time of the "O" : "O" exchange it has been whittled to a single hOle, like a mOuth
She raises it tO One eye and the shadOw of the hOle frame crOsses her mOuth
She LOOKS AT him
thrOugh the mOnOcle Of cheese
Message understOOd
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) ... here's lOOking at yOu kiddO ... (
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This is Zac Hepburn's review of Crystal Castles,
published in The Age ( here ) on 24 January 2013 :
A crystal-clear invasion of the senses
ABANDON all hope ye who enter, a Crystal Castles performance is nothing to take lightly. Performing to a capacity crowd at Melbourne's Billboard, The Venue, the Canadian duo, comprised of producer Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass, arrived as a chaotic force determined to destroy the eardrums of every audience member.
Touring nationally with the Big Day Out in support of the latest LP release Crystal Castles III, the set featured an assortment of material. Current singles Plague and Wrath of God took centre stage, pulsating with caustic reverie and palpable dread reserved only for the darkest Joy Division songs. Crowd favourite and worldwide chart topper Not in Love closed out the set to rapturous dancing and applause.
The duo's style of electronica is akin to a fever that burrows deep into the listener's psyche. Each track is a disorienting labyrinth, simultaneously beautiful while also employing an asphyxiating blitzkrieg of drums and shrill electronic sounds. Chain-smoking between songs, Glass exudes a frenetic violent energy. Her broken timbre is mixed with manic dance moves, and the decision to continuously leap into the mosh pit makes her a kinetic force to witness live.
While the bombastic soundtrack occasionally drowned out the brittle vocals, the sonic onslaught effectively created a melting pot of adrenaline, anguish and paranoia.
Their music is a wrecking ball of hostile alienation fuelled by raw emotion and melancholic laments that are not easy to forget.
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A Man, A Woman, A Pain|T|hing : Part 2
Having looked together at the pain|t|hing Pain
(La Douleur by Émile Friant, 1898), the man says:
"I'll show you another by him...
They leave for another room.
Another woman is already there, looking at a pain|t|hing of a woman in a blue dress in a field at evening running towards the aperture of the golden frame.
But this is not our story.
As they arrive, Juliette notices the other woman... as the man indicates to her his woman in a frame.
He says to Juliette,
"The first time I saw it...
For a moment, they look at each other...
... then Juliette walks away.
The man leaves too. Looking back at his pain|t|hing, he runs his finger under the woman's frame.
They are gone.
We remain a few moments more and wonder if the prison-keeper knows that the man in the gold frame to the right of the woman in the gold frame is her depictor and the author of Pain, Émile Friant?
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We move on...
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SBS.TV recently screened, and we appreciated, I've loved you so long. (Director, Philippe Claudel. Actors, Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein and Serge Hazanavicius. France, 2008)
In this scene, the central character Juliette goes to an art museum to meet a friend.
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She pauses at a picture of women in black, in grief at a burial.
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A voice interrupts her reverie.
The painting is called "Pain".
It is her friend.
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Who is the author of this "Pain"?
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This shared regard, we know, is primarily about her pain.
He wants to show her a little of his own. He says
"I'll show you another by him...
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No, no. Not this one.
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Another. Tomorrow...
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A recent visitor...
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After the success of last year's Alpha Beta Best sports day and the finale All In ComPosition (Community Position) E FOR EMPTY
... our local chapter of Theatre of the Actors of Regard met again yesterday to expand upon their previous effort. This time as the tableau vivant EMPTY OF ESSENCE
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