by John Riordan | Apr 4, 2023 | Emanations
The Innocent Printer Next month Ruskin Arts Publications, supported by The Blake Society, publishes a new visual edition of ‘Auguries of Innocence’. In advance of the launch event on Monday 22 May at Swedenborg House, some reflections by editor and project director...
by John Riordan | Mar 29, 2023 | Emanations
Paradise Restored: Blake’s Lambeth Mosaics Anna Stearman, Programme Manager for the School of Ideas, Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College, writes about their current project to restore the mosaics of Blake’s Lambeth. I’m standing in a...
by John Riordan | Mar 25, 2023 | Emanations
Carolyn Cassady’s Painting Here at Golgonooza Towers (the imaginary headquarters of The Blake Society), we recently received a fascinating email from Jami Cassady Ratto, the daughter of Neal and Carolyn Cassady. For those not in the know, Neal Cassady was the...
by John Riordan | Feb 21, 2023 | Emanations
Los’s Light and the Swedenborg Window A Creative Connections post by artist Andrea McLean. The Frontispiece of William Blake’s illuminated book Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion shows a luminous symbol. The concentric disk of light can be seen simply as a...
by John Riordan | Feb 16, 2023 | Emanations
William Blake’s Phantom Face To accompany her talk at the Wellcome Collection, Chair of the Blake Society, Sibylle Erle, dims the lights and examines Blake’s macabre and mysterious Ghost of a Flea. William Blake was never the eccentric loner that his early biographers...
by John Riordan | Jan 27, 2023 | Emanations
Printed VALA for Members (let’s try this again!) Apologies for the delay. We’ve fixed the glitch, removed the gremlin and persuaded the Spectre to play ball. SO, once again… if you’re a member of the Blake Society and you’d like to...
