- Ann Demeulemeester, White Shirt, S/S 1992. - Ann Demeulemeester, Art Installation “Woolgathering”, 2000. - Patti Smith, Selfportrait,1971. - Ann Demeulemeester, Tank Top “Woolgathering Collection”, S/S 2000. - Still from documentary “Dream of Life” (2008). Ann Demeulemeester and Patti Smith bringing flowers to the grave of English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake.
What made Blake so fascinating was the casual way in which he talked about his relationship with the spirit world. Blake, Robinson wrote, “spoke of his paintings as being what he had seen in his visions—and when he said ‘my visions’ it was in the ordinary unemphatic tone in which we speak of trivial matters that everyone understands and cares nothing about.” Blake peppered his conversation with remarks about his relationship with various angels, the nature of the devil, and his visionary meetings with historical figures such as Socrates, Milton, and Jesus Christ. Somehow, he did this in a way that people found endearing rather than disturbing. As Robinson wrote, “There is a natural sweetness and gentility about Blake which are delightful. And when he is not referring to his visions he talks sensibly and acutely.”
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While some of Blake’s opinions appeared obviously wrong, others were simply baffling. When Robinson asked him about the divinity of Jesus, Blake replied, “He is the only God. And so am I and so are you.”
It seems Francis Dolarhyde is obsessed with this painting by William Blake. And yes, my ignorance of Thomas Harris’s book is showing. Red Dragon can mean a helluva lot of things, and so years ago when I heard of the book, I didn’t automatically associate it with Blake’s The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun.Obviously, I’m curing my ignorance this…
“This World of Imagination is Infinite and Eternal. There exist in that Eternal World the permanent realities of every thing we see reflected in nature” - William Blake.
Your Imagination is not an escape from the World, but is instead its eternal foundation. “Time is the moving image of Eternity” - Plato.
Eternity is timeless and changeless, because it already includes all time and change. Each moment of your life is part of Eternity, and can be experienced as such by a change in perspective.
voice shook, I gawked through the fog-caked window,
baffled.“Fiery the angels rose.”Blake’s
voices were not mine. He saw holy choirs
and I saw la Dedova, the Widow.
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Notes:
“Leccamela tutta,” is an Italian phrase that falls somewhere between, “lick it all up,”and,“lick my pussy.” In 1765, when he was only eight years old, Romantic mystic and poet William Blake is said to have had his first vision when he saw a tree full of angels in Peckham park. Naples is the third-largest city of Italy, after Milan and Rome.
