Author. Represented by Kevin Pocklington @ The North Literary Agency. 'With a host of Furious Fancies, Whereof I am commander.
With a burning spear & a horse of air, To the wilderness I wander.' (Tom O' Bedlam) L.A.M.F
Nina Antonia
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'When the moon is on the wave
& the glow worm in the grass
& the meteor on the grave
& the wisp on the morass
When the falling stars are shooting
& the answered owls are hooting
& the silent leaves are still
In the shadow of the hill
Shall my soul be upon thine
With a power & with a sign' Byron/FK
W. Heath Robinson's (1872-1944) illustration of Puck from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is more faun than fae but one can hardly quibble about liminal enchanted creatures. #bookwormsat
#WyrdWednesday An afternoon with Burroughs & friends, Ian Sommerville & Michael Portman, in Christopher Gibb's Cheyne Walk home. All participated in Sommerville's pioneering electronic experiments, including the 'Dreamachine' which jangled the viewers brainwaves, generating illusions.
#Caturday Picasso goes Picatto
#PhantomsFriday 'Death Loves A Trailing Skirt' by Samuel D Erhart (another illustration from Puck Magazine, 1800) Dr's believed that the heavy fabrics that women wore outside were responsible for spreading disease & bringing them into the home. This of course did not apply to men's clothing.
Night surveying her kingdom - by the great French proto-Surrealist, JJ Grandville (1803-1847) originally a political satirist, he was forced to change direction after police pressure yet remained as prolific & imaginative as ever.
'Dames Plotting' Ernesto Garcia Cabra 1931
Peter Murrell none applicable.
Yes, sometimes it can feel that way. Lene Lovitch by Ebet Roberts, 1983.
#churchyardflowers Hollyhocks in the grounds of St. Giles in the Fields, central London. The church once provided a large wooden bowl of ale for the condemned to sup on their way to the Tyburn Tree (gallows) to ease them on their journey into the next & hopefully more merciful life.
