
The Work of William Blake with Valentin Gerlier
Hermitix
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The Importance of Contextual Data in Blake's Art
I think there's a push against a kind of deadened way of reading. He is inviting to read the slow down and contemplate what has just been uttered. And this is in the songs of innocence and experience, which are deceptively simple. But I think in both cases, he's asking us to consider with our own imagination.
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