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Lost in the Alps
On my 7th birthday we were in Austria and I wanted to climb a mountain. In the evening my mother and I climbed so high we couldn’t find the way down again and had to be rescued by eight guides … Continue reading
The Truth of the Tale
He can’t see the wood for trees. Trapped in a thicket, He can’t see the wood for trees. Trapped in a thicket, He can’t find the bush for the bushes. A ram Caught by the horns, he can’t turn around, … Continue reading
Cancelled in Paris
x Boy, was that a nasty experience. No joke. I got cancelled in Paris, teaching young women who were appalled that I showed performance art without a trigger warning. I was teaching 18 women, half under 30 and mainly from … Continue reading
Posted in art, Politics
Tagged art as protest, art as therapy, Cancel culture, genteel feminism, Paris performance workshop, trigger warnings
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Drawing with the Eyes Closed
I first began drawing with my eyes closed after visiting Khao Sok – in March 2023 – a large artificial lake in south Thailand, with great towers of limestone emerging from the waters. My friend and I were in a … Continue reading
Posted in art, Key Links
Tagged Anthony Howell, art, art concept, drawing with eyes closed
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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
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
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
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
Posted in art, Poetry, The Runiad
Tagged Anthony Howell, Boadicea, epic, poetry, The Runiad
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