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.
poem-déjà go-poem
Rudd-Gillard-Rudd
Abbott-Turnbull-Abbott
regard-déjà vertigo-regard
Stella Stevens and Dean Martin drink-driving in 'The Silencers', 1966
In his preamble to Q&A on ABC.TV last night
Tony Jones said/read/quoted
"Déjà vu all over again"
Stella Stevens and Dean Martin reality-check in 'The Silencers', 1966
This from Quote Investigator :
The more elaborate statement: “It’s déjà vu all over again” appeared in a movie review in the Chicago Tribune in 1966. The singer and comedian Dean Martin starred in a vehicle called “The Silencers” which spoofed the secret-super-spy genre popularized by James Bond extravaganzas. The reviewer was not impressed by the fancy gizmos and the provocative women featured on screen:
It’s déjà vu all over again—the usual gaggle of gimmicks [miniature hand grenades disguised as coat buttons, a gun that shoots backwards], and the familiar covey of quail [Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, Cyd Charisse, Beverly Adams] that frequently makes the put-on more of a take-off.
This is the earliest known citation for the most common modern version of the saying, and it is listed in the Yale Book of Quotations.
Stella Stevens and Dean Martin in 'The Silence of The Silencers',1978
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Shepard Fairey's Barack Obama HOPE poster
from the 2008 US elections surely is the progenitor poster of the new millenium.
It has spawned a great number of variations in the US and translated well to Australian street politics via Michael Agzarian's Tony Abbott HOPELESS.
poster by Michael Agzarian
In 2015, Prime Minister Abbott was overthrown by Malcolm Turnbull, but his broad popularity quickly dissipated, hence the Michael Agzarian follow-on :
poster by Michael Agzarian
FIZZA, indeed. Poster #one.
As we wait for crucial votes still to be counted, the final result of the election is unknown. Poster #two.
poster by SUNDAY MAIL
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Today, the people of Australia will respond to the Double Dissolution of the Australian Parliament.
from 'Japanese Life and Character in Senryu' : R.H. Blyth
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Clipped from yesterday's The Age (Melbourne) :
ABC captioning subcontractor 'underpays' staff
A perfect opportunity for sub-editorial puns and
protestor sight gags. Yay!
Theatre of the Actors of Regard
Transcribers Maggie Korenblium and Ben Crabtree
Photo: Christopher Pierce
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Yesterday, we made mention of
mythoLOGOS/HA HA
Myth (from Greek
μῦθος ) mûthos, "word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable". English since 1830.
- Wikipedia
Logos (from Greek: λόγος, from λέγω lego "I say") is an important term in western philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, and religion. It is a Greek word meaning "a ground", "a plea", "an opinion", "an expectation", "word", "speech", "account", "to reason", but it became a technical term in philosophy beginning with Heraclitus (ca. 535–475 BC), who used the term for a principle of order and knowledge.
- Wikipedia
Laughter is a physical reaction in humans and some other species of primate, consisting typically of rhythmical, often audible contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system. It is a response to certain external or internal stimuli. Laughter can arise from such activities as being tickled, or from humorous stories or thoughts. Most commonly, it is considered a visual expression of a number of positive emotional states, such as joy, mirth, happiness, relief, etc. On some occasions, however, it may be caused by contrary emotional states such as embarrassment, apology, or confusion such as nervous laughter or courtesy laugh. Age, gender, education, language, and culture are all factors as to whether a person will experience laughter in a given situation.
Laughter in literature, although considered understudied by some, is a subject that has received attention in the written word for millennia. The use of humor and laughter in literary works has been studied and analyzed by many thinkers and writers, from the Ancient Greek philosophers onward.
Henri Bergson's Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic (Le rire, 1901) is a notable 20th-century contribution.
For the Greeks :
Herodotus
For Herodotus, laughers can be distinguished into three types:
- Those who are innocent of wrongdoing, but ignorant of their own vulnerability
- Those who are mad
- Those who are overconfident
According to Donald Lateiner, Herodotus reports about laughter for valid literary and historiological reasons. "Herodotus believes either that both nature (better, the gods' direction of it) and human nature coincide sufficiently, or that the latter is but an aspect or analogue of the former, so that to the recipient the outcome is suggested." When reporting laughter, Herodotus does so in the conviction that it tells the reader something about the future and/or the character of the person laughing. It is also in this sense that it is not coincidental that in about 80% of the times when Herodotus speaks about laughter it is followed by a retribution. "Men whose laughter deserves report are marked, because laughter connotes scornful disdain, disdain feeling of superiority, and this feeling and the actions which stem from it attract the wrath of the gods."
- Wikipedia
Today, we received from Greece this image of museological signage photographed by Michael G (see reflection) at the Archeological Museum, Thessaloniki.
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Today, a few more :
acanthoLOGOS/HA HA
accentoLOGOS/HA HA
adenoLOGOS/HA HA
ædœoLOGOS/HA HA
aerolithoLOGOS/HA HA
aeroLOGOS/HA HA
aetioLOGOS/HA HA
agathoLOGOS/HA HA
agroLOGOS/HA HA
algoLOGOS/HA HA
angeloLOGOS/HA HA
anthropoLOGOS/HA HA
aphasioLOGOS/HA HA
apioLOGOS/HA HA
apoLOGOS/HA HA
archaeoLOGOS/HA HA
archæoLOGOS/HA HA
archeoLOGOS/HA HA
areoLOGOS/HA HA
arkeoLOGOS/HA HA
ArmenoLOGOS/HA HA
arthropodoLOGOS/HA HA
astrogeoLOGOS/HA HA
astroLOGOS/HA HA
astrometeoroLOGOS/HA HA
atmospheroLOGOS/HA HA
atomoLOGOS/HA HA
audioLOGOS/HA HA
autecoLOGOS/HA HA
bacterioLOGOS/HA HA
batoLOGOS/HA HA
bioclimatoLOGOS/HA HA
biometeoroLOGOS/HA HA
bolloxoLOGOS/HA HA
boxoLOGOS/HA HA
bracketoLOGOS/HA HA
brewoLOGOS/HA HA
bumpoLOGOS/HA HA
buttonoLOGOS/HA HA
ByzantinLOGOS/HA HA
campanoLOGOS/HA HA
capoLOGOS/HA HA
carpoLOGOS/HA HA
cartoLOGOS/HA HA
cerebroLOGOS/HA HA
cetoLOGOS/HA HA
chalcidoLOGOS/HA HA
cheesoLOGOS/HA HA
ChristoLOGOS/HA HA
cinematoLOGOS/HA HA
climatoLOGOS/HA HA
clonoLOGOS/HA HA
clownoLOGOS/HA HA
coalitionoLOGOS/HA HA
codoLOGOS/HA HA
cognitoLOGOS/HA HA
cohomoLOGOS/HA HA
coleopteroLOGOS/HA HA
cometoLOGOS/HA HA
comitoLOGOS/HA HA
complementoLOGOS/HA HA
computeroLOGOS/HA HA
conchoLOGOS/HA HA
connectoLOGOS/HA HA
cosmetoLOGOS/HA HA
crapoLOGOS/HA HA
cynoLOGOS/HA HA
cytophysioLOGOS/HA HA
DacoLOGOS/HA HA
defectoLOGOS/HA HA
demonoLOGOS/HA HA
dendroarchaeoLOGOS/HA HA
dendrochronoLOGOS/HA HA
dendroclimatoLOGOS/HA HA
dendroecoLOGOS/HA HA
dendrogeomorphoLOGOS/HA HA
dendrohydroLOGOS/HA HA
dinosauroLOGOS/HA HA
dosoLOGOS/HA HA
dracoLOGOS/HA HA
dragonoLOGOS/HA HA
dronoLOGOS/HA HA
ecohydroLOGOS/HA HA
ecoLOGOS/HA HA
ecophysioLOGOS/HA HA
edaphoLOGOS/HA HA
EgyptoLOGOS/HA HA
electrophysioLOGOS/HA HA
embryoLOGOS/HA HA
emotionoLOGOS/HA HA
endocrinoLOGOS/HA HA
entomoLOGOS/HA HA
erotoLOGOS/HA HA
escapoLOGOS/HA HA
eschatoLOGOS/HA HA
EskimoLOGOS/HA HA
EsperantoLOGOS/HA HA
ethnoarchaeoLOGOS/HA HA
ethnoecoLOGOS/HA HA
ethnoLOGOS/HA HA
ethoLOGOS/HA HA
etioLOGOS/HA HA
etymoLOGOS/HA HA
exomoonoLOGOS/HA HA
exoplanetoLOGOS/HA HA
fairyoLOGOS/HA HA
fontLOGOS/HA HA
fossiloLOGOS/HA HA
fromoLOGOS/HA HA
fuckoLOGOS/HA HA
garboLOGOS/HA HA
gemoLOGOS/HA HA
geoarchaeoLOGOS/HA HA
geoarchæoLOGOS/HA HA
geoecoLOGOS/HA HA
geoLOGOS/HA HA
ghostoLOGOS/HA HA
graphoLOGOS/HA HA
grammatoLOGOS/HA HA
grossoLOGOS/HA HA
gynecoLOGOS/HA HA
gynæcoLOGOS/HA HA
hæmatoLOGOS/HA HA
hamburgeroLOGOS/HA HA
haploLOGOS/HA HA
hauntoLOGOS/HA HA
helminthoLOGOS/HA HA
hepatoLOGOS/HA HA
herpetoLOGOS/HA HA
historioLOGOS/HA HA
homoLOGOS/HA HA
hoploLOGOS/HA HA
hormonoLOGOS/HA HA
hydro-ecoLOGOS/HA HA
hydroecoLOGOS/HA HA
hydrogeoLOGOS/HA HA
hydroLOGOS/HA HA
hydrometeoroLOGOS/HA HA
ichnoLOGOS/HA HA
ideoLOGOS/HA HA
idiomatoLOGOS/HA HA
imageoLOGOS/HA HA
imagoLOGOS/HA HA
implantoLOGOS/HA HA
insectoLOGOS/HA HA
IranoLOGOS/HA HA
IslamoLOGOS/HA HA
JapanoLOGOS/HA HA
killoLOGOS/HA HA
kinesioLOGOS/HA HA
knoboLOGOS/HA HA
kookoLOGOS/HA HA
KoreanoLOGOS/HA HA
KremlinoLOGOS/HA HA
KubrickoLOGOS/HA HA
kyrioLOGOS/HA HA
laryngoLOGOS/HA HA
lepidopteroLOGOS/HA HA
lichenoLOGOS/HA HA
limnoLOGOS/HA HA
literaturoLOGOS/HA HA
lithoLOGOS/HA HA
logoLOGOS/HA HA
loimoLOGOS/HA HA
ludoLOGOS/HA HA
macroecoLOGOS/HA HA
macrometeoroLOGOS/HA HA
macromorphoLOGOS/HA HA
magicoLOGOS/HA HA
MarioLOGOS/HA HA
martyroLOGOS/HA HA
mastoLOGOS/HA HA
mazoLOGOS/HA HA
membranoLOGOS/HA HA
metaLOGOS/HA HA
metaoLOGOS/HA HA
methodoLOGOS/HA HA
meteoroLOGOS/HA HA
microbioLOGOS/HA HA
microclimatoLOGOS/HA HA
microhomoLOGOS/HA HA
micrometeoroLOGOS/HA HA
micromorphoLOGOS/HA HA
micropaleontoLOGOS/HA HA
micropalæontoLOGOS/HA HA
mixoLOGOS/HA HA
monadoLOGOS/HA HA
monsteroLOGOS/HA HA
morphoLOGOS/HA HA
museoLOGOS/HA HA
mycoLOGOS/HA HA
myrmecoLOGOS/HA HA
narratoLOGOS/HA HA
nephoLOGOS/HA HA
neurophysioLOGOS/HA HA
nomoLOGOS/HA HA
nongeoLOGOS/HA HA
ontoLOGOS/HA HA
ooLOGOS/HA HA
ophioLOGOS/HA HA
orchidoLOGOS/HA HA
organoLOGOS/HA HA
ornithoLOGOS/HA HA
otolaryngoLOGOS/HA HA
otoLOGOS/HA HA
otorhinolaryngoLOGOS/HA HA
oöLOGOS/HA HA
palaeanthropoLOGOS/HA HA
palaeoclimatoLOGOS/HA HA
palaeoecoLOGOS/HA HA
palaeontoLOGOS/HA HA
paleobioLOGOS/HA HA
paleoecoLOGOS/HA HA
paleozooLOGOS/HA HA
palæontoLOGOS/HA HA
pantheoLOGOS/HA HA
paradoxoLOGOS/HA HA
parapsychoLOGOS/HA HA
parasitoLOGOS/HA HA
pathoLOGOS/HA HA
pathophysioLOGOS/HA HA
pedoLOGOS/HA HA
pestoLOGOS/HA HA
petrogeoLOGOS/HA HA
phagoLOGOS/HA HA
pharmacoenvironmentoLOGOS/HA HA
pharmacoLOGOS/HA HA
pharyngoLOGOS/HA HA
phenoLOGOS/HA HA
phenomenoLOGOS/HA HA
philoLOGOS/HA HA
phleboLOGOS/HA HA
phonoLOGOS/HA HA
photoecoLOGOS/HA HA
photogeoLOGOS/HA HA
photogeomorphoLOGOS/HA HA
phraseoLOGOS/HA HA
physioLOGOS/HA HA
phytoLOGOS/HA HA
phytosocioLOGOS/HA HA
pimpoLOGOS/HA HA
pogonoLOGOS/HA HA
polemoLOGOS/HA HA
pomoLOGOS/HA HA
posoLOGOS/HA HA
psephoLOGOS/HA HA
psychoLOGOS/HA HA
psychophysioLOGOS/HA HA
pteridoLOGOS/HA HA
punnoLOGOS/HA HA
pyroLOGOS/HA HA
racioLOGOS/HA HA
radarmeteoroLOGOS/HA HA
radiogeoLOGOS/HA HA
radiohydroLOGOS/HA HA
redoLOGOS/HA HA
reflexoLOGOS/HA HA
rhinoLOGOS/HA HA
ribozymoLOGOS/HA HA
rickettsioLOGOS/HA HA
RipperoLOGOS/HA HA
rumoroLOGOS/HA HA
rumpoLOGOS/HA HA
runoLOGOS/HA HA
seismoLOGOS/HA HA
selenoLOGOS/HA HA
semioLOGOS/HA HA
sexoLOGOS/HA HA
sinoLOGOS/HA HA
socioecoLOGOS/HA HA
socioLOGOS/HA HA
sociophysioLOGOS/HA HA
somatoLOGOS/HA HA
spectroLOGOS/HA HA
speleoLOGOS/HA HA
splanchnoLOGOS/HA HA
stœchioLOGOS/HA HA
stringoLOGOS/HA HA
suicidoLOGOS/HA HA
SumeroLOGOS/HA HA
switchoLOGOS/HA HA
symboLOGOS/HA HA
synecoLOGOS/HA HA
TangutoLOGOS/HA HA
tautoLOGOS/HA HA
thanatoLOGOS/HA HA
thaumatoLOGOS/HA HA
thermoecoLOGOS/HA HA
thermoLOGOS/HA HA
thermopathoLOGOS/HA HA
ThracoLOGOS/HA HA
TibetoLOGOS/HA HA
tidoLOGOS/HA HA
tonoLOGOS/HA HA
topoLOGOS/HA HA
toxicoLOGOS/HA HA
toxoLOGOS/HA HA
transitoLOGOS/HA HA
treeoLOGOS/HA HA
trilobitoLOGOS/HA HA
trolleyoLOGOS/HA HA
truthoLOGOS/HA HA
ufoLOGOS/HA HA
universoLOGOS/HA HA
urbanoLOGOS/HA HA
urinoLOGOS/HA HA
urolog0LOGOS/HA HA
VaticanoLOGOS/HA HA
veloLOGOS/HA HA
volcanoLOGOS/HA HA
vulcanoLOGOS/HA HA
woodpeckeroLOGOS/HA HA
wordoLOGOS/HA HA
xenoarchaeoLOGOS/HA HA
xenoLOGOS/HA HA
zooarchaeoLOGOS/HA HA
zooarcheoLOGOS/HA HA
zooLOGOS/HA HA
zoophytoLOGOS/HA HA
zymoLOGOS/HA HA
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Yesterday's Ryokan drawing...
The only face that Matisse depicts in this sacred place is not any usual face fixed upon a head but an image of a face. Not any ordinary image of a face but, prima facie, the extraordinary image of the face of the Logos, from the sixth of the Stations of the Cross, as imprinted upon the veil of Veronica.
A key meta-icon of Western mythoLOGOS/HA HA
Matisse, Study for the Sixth Station of the Cross: Saint Veronica 1949
Picture your original appearance (TAR)
Theatre of the Actors of Regard : Head of an Actor (laughing)
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Who says my poems are poems?
My poems are not poems.
When you know that my poems are not poems,
Then we can speak of poetry.
- from 'Zen Poetics of Ryokan' by Meng-hu, reprinted by Simply Haiku
Ryōkan (1758–1831)
was a Soto Zen Buddhist monk who lived in Niigata, Japan, as a hermit and a poet
あ と 世
そ に の
び は 中
ハ あ に
わ ら ま
れ ね じ
は ど ら
良 ま も ぬ
寛 さ ひ
書 れ と
る り
It is not that
I avoid mixing
With this world;
Better for me is enjoying
Life on my own.
Brushed by Ryokan
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