Category Archives: MANIFESTO BLOG

I began by replying to Jack but I think my reply is also relevant to Thomas, Francois and ‘rhinoboy’. The writer, Irving Babbit, (‘Rousseau & Romanticism’. Babbit was T.S. Eliot’s teacher at Harvard) described the world of ideas as having … Continue reading →

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This speech by the Art Lover in my Manifesto, with its idea that art is separate from the world reminds me of Plato:  And this small world imitates the real world. This is something humans do – we transform the … Continue reading →

The True Poet says, “The present is always the present moment of the past. We are the past. Art links past, present and future.” So far, so good. But when he goes on, “Cut off from the past there is … Continue reading →

Dear Adam, You are only 16, but I get the idea you want to become an artist and by that I think you mean painting and maybe sculpture (I think in other countries, France for example, ‘artist’ is a general … Continue reading →

The name Rhodopis, which is translated as Rosycheeks, means something much more splendid in the original Greek. Rhodopis was so beautiful that her name recalls the rosy dawn as it broke into sunlight. She was the friend of Aesop and … Continue reading →

Now, we return to the Manifesto and the Art Lover, who tells Pinocchio,  Art cannot imitate life directly – it does it by representation as in a microcosm.  We can look at this statement through the words of Lord Raglan, a … Continue reading →

When I wrote my last Manifesto blog, I said that I would tell you more about the background to my thoughts on corporate power and the banking system – part of the development of Sir Morgan Mammon and the Pirate. … Continue reading →

Think of Blackbeard, the most notorious pirate in the history of seafaring.  He preyed upon merchant ships in the New Word. Blackbeard was big and menacing.  He terrified his victims by weaving wicks laced with gunpowder into his hair – … Continue reading →

What am I trying to establish in the opening statement of my Manifesto? Active Resistance (AR) welcomes you: Dear Friends, We all love art and some of you claim to be artists. Without judges there is no art. She only … Continue reading →