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Shelley’s Art Musings – The great C word…
No, it isn’t what you are thinking, it is the word on everyone’s lips at the moment… Coronavirus. You can barely turn on the TV or the radio or turn to social media without seeing adverts telling you to stay at home, or hearing the dire situation that the world is currently in. What we don’t hear a lot about is the heart-warming stories which have resulted as an outcome. We aren’t seeing how the world has come together as a mass community to work together on controlling this pandemic. Recognition has come the world over, for our health services and front-line workers. We have seen support on mass for those who have had…
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Blake connaissait déjà le Coronavirus en 1795
Le texte ci-dessous est l’extrait du livre William Blake: écrit par Osbert Burdett, publié par Parkstone International. La magie singulière de Blake consistait à attiser les sentiments tout en s’adressant, apparemment, à la raison. La clé réside dans l’assimilation qu’il faisait entre « intelligence » et « imagination ». Sa propre prose fournit le meilleur vernis pour sa poésie et ses idées axiomatiques sont simples. « L’énergie est l’éternel délice » ; « Le Bien est le passif qui se soumet à la Raison. Le Mal est l’actif qui prend source dans l’Énergie. Bien est Ciel. Mal est Enfer. » Ce faisant, Blake fait allusion à Milton et proteste, comme tous…
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William Blake already knew about the Coronavirus in 1795
The text below is the excerpt from the book William Blake, written by Osbert Burdett, published by Parkstone International. Blake’s peculiar magic was to stir the feelings when appearing to address the mind. His identification of “intelligence” with “imagination” is the key. His own prose provides the best glosses on his poetry, and his axiomatic ideas are simple. “Energy is eternal delight;” “Good is the passive that obeys reason. Evil is the active springing from energy. Good is heaven. Evil is hell.” Thus, taking a hint from Milton, and protesting as all mystics, including Bunyan, have protested that religion is not to be confused with morality, Blake asserted that the words good…
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