Finding Blake
@BlakeanTweets
Reimagining William Blake for the 21st century
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Brilliant! We have an article about that very image (& an animated version of it in our film) & so much more on our Blakean website (we welcome contributions too of words, images, literary reflections etc) : findingblake.org.uk @BlakeanTweets
You can never get enough of William Blake! A brilliant mind and artist! Loved his ‘Ghost of a Flea’ painting! He wrote some wonderful poetry too! 👍👍👍
Blake-related events for this week: New exhibition on the Beat poets in Chichester. Another perfornance in Simon Munnery's Jerusalem tour. A dance and poetry performance of A Poison Tree in Kansas City. And, of course, William Blake's Universe continues. globalblake.com/whats-on/
‘In the Deserts Wild’: William Blake and Maurice Sendak - Wed 8 May, 7.30 PM (UK time), free, on zoom. Academic Jason Whittaker and illustrator @autumnrosewell will explore the ways in which Sendak drew inspiration from Blake. More info and registration at blakesociety.org/product/blake-…
For any fans of the recent film Poor Things (a deserved Oscar win for Emma Stone), Jason Whittaker will be talking about the influence of William Blake on Alasdair Gray next Monday, 8 April, at 19:00 BST. Visit globalblake.com/events to register.
Our podcast on Blake and Tolkien’s mythology and their use of British tales and legends has gone live at youtu.be/_uFYcj2FHcY?si…. Many thanks to @UrthonaUnbound @thesharonchoe and @MrWillSherwood for making this happen.
From our archives: Angus Whitehead on Blake's use of gold and silver, and where he might have got the metal leaf bq.blakearchive.org/42.3.whitehead
Letter from The Blake Society to The Guardian on their review of William Blake’s Universe at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Blake "represents every person’s creative effort to see and live past their own lifetime. For us, Blake is for everybody." blakesociety.org/open-letter-to…
I’m sad to read such a poor review of the new Blake exhibition here in Cambridge. I’ll go with an open mind, and memories of mind expanding exhibitions at the Ashmolean & the Tate that opened B up exponentially: @BlakeanTweets amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…
And just to up the Blakean lore: the creation of AB’s new grave sent me on a 3 year filming journey to ‘find Blake’ - a 90’ documentary & this wonderful website are the result (we welcome written contributions) @BlakeanTweets findingblake.org.uk
Join us online on Wednesday 8 November at 8.15 PM for a roundtable discussion about Fragments of Experience, a Blake-inspired music and film project, including an exclusive preview of The Fly. More details and (free) registration at blakesociety.org/product/fragme…...
New FREE Online Event! Global Blake: In Conversation with Matthew Leporati ‘There's Lots of Blake in 'Finnegans Wake': James Joyce's Adaptation of 'Jerusalem'’ Tuesday 14 November, 3pm (UK Time) For how to register and more information please go to: globalblake.com/in-conversatio…
On this day, 18th October, in 1831, Catherine Sophia Blake died. Her contribution to the body of work we know as William Blake's has gone largely un-celebrated. Below is one of the few pieces known to be by Catherine. AGNES, tempera on canvas. More info in ALT. @FitzMuseum_UK
@Blake_Society - Allen Ginsberg on William Blake's Europe continues - allenginsberg.org/2023/10/t-o-17…
Reading Joseph Campbell in preparation for a storytelling retreat into deep mythic time next week, led by @ericmaddern & Hugh Lupton, I stumble upon this great quote by Blake which seems to resonate with the tragic events of this week: @FindingBlake
New on our blog: @sky_larking reviews recent books on 'Jerusalem', from @Blake2_0 and Edwin John Lerner, exploring Blake's work as story & mental fight. "I love that two books on this deep subject arrive at roughly the same time. Hopefully, more to come." wp.me/p9AtwV-y8
WILLIAM BLAKE AND FAIRIES🧵 In 1802, after moving to Felpham, William Blake wrote that trees and fields around his cottage were “full of Fairy elves.” This illustration for Milton L’Allegro V appears to be his Felpham cottage, with Queen Mab, Fairies, and a Goblin #FolkloreSunday
New to our blog: Finding Blake creator @sky_larking talks about his piece for VALA issue 3, a beautifully produced & illustrated magazine focusing on William Blake & Nature. 'Alive & Dead in the Vegetable Underworld' wp.me/p9AtwV-xN
New to Finding Blake: ecopoet Helen Moore's 'Ghosts of Fleas', inspired by Blake’s visionary painting. A poem from her ECOZOA collection, creatively using Blake’s Four Zoas to address our contemporary destructive industrial civilisation. wp.me/p9AtwV-xd
So pleased my account of Niall McDevitt’s funeral and wake has found a home with Finding Blake. I hope my reflections will lead more people to Niall’s extraordinary work as poet, Blakean scholar, musician, psychogeographer and Anglo-Irish Londonist. Rest in Poetry, Niall. 🌹
Our new post is this lovely account from @naomifoyle of Niall McDevitt's funeral & wake, remembering this "self-taught Blakean scholar, Londonist literary walking tour guide, urban shaman, loyal friend & devoted partner to artist Julie Goldsmith ... wp.me/p9AtwV-wL
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