Category Archives: art

The Cyst – from The Runiad, Book 14

From The Runiad – Book 14 x … I have been afflicted by a growth. It has taken root In my face, just above my right eye, exactly where my forehead Would make contact with my partner’s in a dance. … Continue reading

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Atalanta

Thus it is on this planet. Self-importance may suggest posterity will grant us An immortal empire, that we shall rule the waves forever, but Nothing, nothing whatsoever can be relied on, x Not even one or two relics. It can … Continue reading

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Just a Selection of Images

Incoming Gale Hum of Bees Barges on the River Lee Victoria Embankment Gardens Villa in Rio Western Rock Nuthatch on Tholos in Delphi

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Boadicea – from Book 21 of The Runiad

x (As Nero fiddled and the city burned) the empire was horribly smitten: Eighty thousand Romans and their proxies died in Britain.  The island could have been lost for good. Moreover, all this ruin Was brought upon us by a … Continue reading

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“The One Less Travelled by…”

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Aristotle Versus Ad Reinhardt

I was very pleased to have this review published in the brilliant magazine Critique d’Art 64 – with a translation into French 64 | Printemps/été : CRITIQUE D’ART 64 Articles –https://journals.openedition.org/critiquedart/122227 The above is a link that will disappear in a few months time. … Continue reading

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Intermezzo

Intermezzo TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Nini Patte-en-l’Air (Casino de Paris’) x The gold Casino’s Spring parterre Flowers with the Spring, this golden week; Glady, Toloche, Valtesse, are there; But all eyes turn as one to seek The drawers … Continue reading

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Charybdis

x Bayesian, the name of that yacht. Elementary, my dear Wat! Scilla and Charybdis frequent the strait at Messina. Water-spouts round Sicily are nothing new, it seems to me. Another old dilemma has still to be resolved in the wake … Continue reading

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More on Victor Hugo

I am fascinated by the art of Victor Hugo, recently seen at the RA. Here is a link to my essay on his work and that of Alexander Cozens. Modern Art is Over: Embrace Deep Art There is also an … Continue reading

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Digital Masks

Very pleased to see this work by The Theatre of Mistakes on the front cover of Gazeta Grupy 404 – an arts magazine from Poznan in Poland. Design by Maciej Koziowski. It features a brilliant article on the relationship of … Continue reading

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