Alchemical language
Splendor Solis, illuminated alchemical text attributed to Salomon Trismosin, 1500s
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Mantiq al-tair
“How can an ant’s eye be lifted to the Pleiades?” 15th century illustrations of the mystical poem Mantiq al-tair, Language of the Birds,
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Fauvism: colour trees
Olive Trees in Cavalière by Henri Charles Manguin, oil on canvas, 1906
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The sycamore of Ancient Egypt
In Ancient Egypt the sycamore tree was seen as a manifestation of the Goddesses Nut, Isis and Hathor “Lady of the Sycamore”. The
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Assyrian Tree of Life
Wall relief: the eagle-headed Apkallu tends the Tree of Life – pollinating the great tree with a pinecone, the ‘fruit of the Cedar’.
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Tree Language
Tree Nursery by Paul Klee, 1929 Klee used oil with incised gesso ground on the canvas to create an arboreal alphabet.
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Seachange
Happy to share that my poem Seachange features on the 41st episode of the Poetry Exchange, read by Prasanna Puwanarajah. Podcast download Seachange For
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Time’s round
We only know each other and the lands we live on over time: more dimensions and details appear with the years. Remembering to
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Reality Extended
Excited for the publication of an interview with Ben Vickers, Jakob Steenson and I on making art with Virtual Reality (VR) in Mousse Magazine this month. It
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Lumens Space Art Residency
The LUMENS 2018 residency in Atina is on the theme of “Astronomia, Arte E Religione”. For a fortnight, a group of 20 artists
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