The Cabinet of the Solar Plexus

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Happy Birthday!... William Blake (28 November 1757–12 August 1827)

"Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction."

William Blake

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Persistance is All.. RIP Peter Christopherson 1955-2010

founder and member of The Threshold HouseBoys Choir,Soisong,Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle and my personal favourite Coil.. farewell into new adventures... with love and respect...

The Fool from theletus on Vimeo.

Coil - Copal

Seeing into darkness is clarity.

Knowing how to yield is strength.

Use your own light And return to the source of light.

This is called practicing eternity.

Lao-Tzu

" Beneath the flight of happy hours,

Beneath the withering of the flowers,

In folds of peace more sure than our's

He lies.

A night no glaring dawn shall break,

A sleep no cruel voice shall wake,

An heritage that none can take

Are his."

Digby Mackworth Dolben

two tribute quotes i liked today thanks to David T and Colin F

tribute from Wladd Muta

and the last words go to Peter

"we are all only temporary curators of our present bodies, which will all decay, sooner or later. In a hundred years or so ALL the humans currently alive will have died. I take great comfort in knowing, with certainty, that thing that makes us special, able to enrich our own lives and those of others, will not cease when our bodies do, but will be just starting and new (and hopefully even better) adventure...

If we don't get to meet in this Life, maybe in the next you can buy me a beer! ,-)"

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Works of Art... Nkisi Nkondi

Power figures from the Kongo 18th/19th Century

The Kongo peoples live in southwestern Zaire and Angola. In a few traditional Kongo villages a religious specialist, who is also a healer and a legal expert, takes care of the spiritual and physical needs of the villagers with the assistance of a powerful carved figure, called ankisi nkondi. Popularly known as nail figures, these sculptures were used for a wide variety of purposes, including to protect the village, to prove guilt or innocence, to heal the sick, to end disasters, to bring revenge, and to settle legal disputes.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Francis A Shurrock... Woodcut

" Be still earth be silent

be still and be silent"

Monday, November 22, 2010

Ex libris... Attila Sassy aka Aiglon c 1912 ..Part 1

more EX LIBRIS

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Robert Caby... drawings

the lovely drawings of Robert Caby

Caby had a long and richly varied life and at various points, was engaged in writing art criticism and political articles, composing and arranging concerts, creating surrealistic drawings and dealing with rare books and paintings. His wide circle of friends included important musicians and artists of the time such as Erik Satie, Darius Milhaud, Pablo Picasso, Francis Poulenc, Charles Koechlin and Henri Sauguet. In the mid 1960's he was responsible for the posthumous publication of Satie's unpublished works from sketchbooks and was important in awakening public interest in the composer. By the time of his own death, he had composed some 900 works.

a music bio and link to piano clips here