Blixa wrote:
Who is that kneeling? If it is god, I think it is a unique depiction of him.
I found one the other day of god leading Adam and Eve out of the garden and was struck by the unique depiction of god.
William Blake
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Re: William Blake
Who is that kneeling? If it is god, I think it is a unique depiction of him.
I found one the other day of god leading Adam and Eve out of the garden and was struck by the unique depiction of god.
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
The Holy Sacrament.
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Re: William Blake
zeezrom wrote:Blixa wrote:
Who is that kneeling? If it is god, I think it is a unique depiction of him.
I found one the other day of god leading Adam and Eve out of the garden and was struck by the unique depiction of god.
It is Los who is one of the creator figures in Blake's mythology...
From the Ernest L. Wilkinson Diaries: "ELW dreams he's spattered w/ grease. Hundreds steal his greasy pants."
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Re: William Blake
Blixa wrote:
I like this. :)
Being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction -Pope Benedict XVI
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Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
The Holy Sacrament.
The Holy Sacrament.
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"Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing"
"The Lovers Whirlwind"
"Satan Exulting over Eve"
"The Angels appearing to the Shepherds"
I think I found my favorite Blake:
"Jacob's Ladder"
"Melancholy"
Isaac Newton
"The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea"
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
The Holy Sacrament.
The Holy Sacrament.