I know these two paintings are unrelated but it's pretty kool where the imagination can take you. The first artwork of Newton in a cave suggests Newton was trapped in his cocoon of narrow views. He is looking down and using a compass because he thinks the world is easily measurable and plotted. I don't think Blake thought this about the world. He ( Read more... )

Theotormon's State of Mind


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Hey Rose,

Just a bit of trivia to begin with which is totally unrelated to this review. You share the first name of my mum and the surname of my next door neighbour. I think that is a little funny haha. Anyway to the review...

First off just want to thank you for dedicating a post to Oothoon. Many people (including me) have done posts on Theotormon ( Read more... )

This week I have searched for a journal to review and I came across a journal that stood out from all the rest. The journal that I found has nothing to do with Blake or uni work what-so-ever. It was a post by Clare Grantham which I have pasted just below:

Sorry...

To whom it may concern,

I'm sorry if I am annoying. I don't mean to be and will try ( Read more... )

I think completing the essay recently was a great way of learning what Blake found important about life. I read the Songs of Innocence and Experience and I will admit there were some poems/songs I didn't understand well enough or enjoy to include in my essay. There were some however that I really enjoyed and thought Blake did a superb job in ( Read more... )

So we are reading Visions of the Daughters of Albion and the lines that stuck in my head were:

"Arise, my Theotormon, I am pure: 
Because the night is gone that clos'd me in its deadly black."

I really enjoyed this imagery. This powerful use of language allowed images to dance around in my mind. Then I remembered a piece of art I once saw that I think ( Read more... )

Hey Nike,

I think you did a great job with your post and I want to review it. Don't worry, I won't pay you out like I normally do.

It was good that you initially told us what the poem was about. "A man returning to a childhood hideout, a place where he found joy and happiness. However he finds that his hideout has now been taken over by the church. ( Read more... )

I think it is fascinating that Blake stood up for his beliefs and fought the Church and its rules. It is a pretty ballsy thing to do and would have been frowned upon by many people of his day. Imagine one man writing about his disapproval of a world-wide institution? It's like a movie trailor that you see when you are waiting for the movie you ( Read more... )

I think it is kool to compare what other people think about school now after reading The School-Boy. This song by Cat Stevens is reminiscing about his time at school on the playground. I know he doesn't talk about the classroom setting like Blake does but he is still talking about being young at school. Maybe Cat is saying that the schoolyard was ( Read more... )

Yo Fadia,

Sadly it isn't just you imagining things. I believe the world has become cold and heartless also. Maybe not the "whole world" as you put it, but a good portion of it. It is this thought that forced me to write a poem called "Send Our Children to the Moon." I know it is an irrational thought but where else will the children of this world ( Read more... )