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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.

08 November 2022

Theatre of Eclipse

Theatre of the Actors of Regard

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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

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03 November 2022

Road to ... Melbourne

Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and

Sengai Gibon, on the road from The Met to Melbourne

[enacting his “Tenmangū,” Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin Traveling to China)

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TARist as TARzen carrying Title branch from Bonzaview to Melb-Naarm

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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25 October 2022

Appropriation Bill #1

Theatre of the Accountants of Regard,

Theatre of the Actuaries of Regard,

Theatre of the Assessors of Regard,

Theatre of the Appropriationists of Regard

Theatre of the Actors of Regard
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APPROPRIATION BILL #1

A first reading

A first viewing

A first regard

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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something...

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25 September 2022

0.0.0 v 0.0.0 1st Q 19min 27sec TAR 100.024 Dom Sheed angle ...

In the opening minute of the Cats v Swans Grand Final at the MCG yesterday, one hundred thousand-plus TARists hold their breath as Tom Hawkins lines up a Dom Sheed angle to goal. It's a faction to the right for one point only. Hawkins then kicks the opening two goals and it's Cats all the way to the finish.