pickTo see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
William Blake was fascinating and strange artist, poet and thinker. John Higgs, the author, is very interested in all aspects of Blake, including Blake's weirdest and most arcane, where he spends a whole lot of this book. Not a perfect book, but well done. Fun, fascinating, insightful stuff.
My current audiobook. I started this past week. The author, John Higgs, seems like a character, with many talents. He‘s really into and excited about the psychology of Blake, who was very much interested in his own vision and the visual world of his own mind. It‘s been fun. I read some Blake poetry along with this, and he has really added to my (still limited) understanding.
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+20 (10 for photo, 5 for post, 5 for book)
pickChallenging at times without explanatory notes but interesting nonetheless especially with some of his letters for context.
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The wanton Boy that kills the Fly
Shall feel the Spider‘s enmity.
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