William Blake, a true revolutionary and his weapons were Art and Vision.@Iain Sinclair time traveled to the past and explained what was happening on that time and what provokes William Blake to write and visualize all his majestic works. He explained everything with such calmness that i almost time traveled with him !! Truly amazing video. Thanks to +The British Library.
Being taught Blake in my teens was one of the things that turned me on to poetry. I remember the teacher reading 'London' to us, hearing the phrase "mind-forged manacles" and turning to the girl next to me, at the same time she turned to me, and both mouthing 'fucking hell wooow!'.
The belfast singer Van Morrison ,got me into Blake when he quoted "wisdom is sold in the desolate marketplace where no-one comes to buy or in the withered fields where the farmer ploughs for bread in vain "
The concerns Blake had are still concerns today. Although, they present themselves in ways enabled by the collected varieties born out of previous versions they continue to move these concerns forward fortifying them. keeping in check what one day checkmate.
Sinclair is so amazing. He amazes. He takes us through the maze of 'chartered' streets and loses us in the laberynth of his imagination. I wonder if he is the minotaur? He mocks majesty and though not crazy risks his sanity in the Thames gravel to unravel the clear depravity of bartered Picassos and broken down Archers.
But Blake said that every man should be priest and king in his own house, expressed admiration for medieval Catholic theocracy and lamented that so many people in his day were bothering their heads about politics rather than the one thing needful i. e. Imagination. Blake is always far more complex and challenging that these simplistic portraits of the naive artisan radical might suggest. He was, in his own words, 'a mental prince'. Blake's revolution is not socio-political but Imaginal. It is endless 'mental fight' to break the oppressive fetters of Urizenic law that darken the 'fourfold vision' of the man of Imagination.
I would not use such angles of sharp characterization as you had he been living even one word (i have feeling much more , even a dozen approximation, is rough shod betting character is shameful to a man so great so unheard deserves only the imagination best left like a LAMB innocent of this slandering forward spoken judgemental word of Apostacy surely he (Blake covered them all in real thought, even metaphorically a practical imagination and good free thinking brilliant soul a unique individual much less than words can ever poetically squander or exactly charter as ye weak sauce lol fr. Im never pen a political or Popery attachment to this man thats a cheap puff of smoke up not my a$$ 😂
@@r.l.morrone1105nieve suggests? Who would care such a silly voice. Nieve rebel? Huh? He did not hear what spirit followed in action. How would any suggest or recite such a word of even another in context to Blake? Thats absurd! 😂
They burnt down the flour mills on my bday. *Rhyming the words by saying them wrong, Is the correct way to sing this song, So make 'furiously' rhyme with 'nigh', That's how they read Shakespeare and other poetry in the days of old, And it sounds much better if the truth be told. Plus it tends to make the audience giggle. The Albion Mills on Fire (by William Blake ~ I think) Wednesday March the Second day, At Six in the Morning people say, In Seventeen Hundred Ninety One, The Fire at the Albion Mills begun, ~ Ri toll, lall de roll, This noble building burnt so fast, Black Friar's Bridge could not be past, Nor could they get the Engines nigh, Those mills did burn so furiously, At length the roof did all fall in, And then the Engines did begin, But tho' with vigour they did play, The Albion Mills were burnt that day, The folks were all fill'd with amaze, Beholding such surprising Blaze, The answer to those who did inquire, Was; the Albion Mills were all on fire, And now the folks begin to chat, How the owners they did this and that, But very few did sorrow show, That the Albion Mills were burnt so low, Says one they had it in their power, For to reduce the price of flour, Instead of letting the bread raise, But now the mills are all on blaze, In lighters there was saved wheat, But scorch'd and scarcely fit to eat, Some Hundred Hogs saved different ways, While the Albion Mills were in a blaze, Now pray God bless us one and all, And send the price of bread may fall, That the poor with plenty may abound, Tho' the Albion Mills burnt to the ground. 👨🚒👩🚒🚒🧯🔥🔥🔥🍞🥖🫓🔥🔥🔥🔥🧯🚒👩🚒👨🚒
I would think that the Industrial Revolution would represent man's achievement over nature. A new type of creative imagination that give us control over our environment.
Blake identified the wheels, cogs and escarpments of the industrial revolution and the 'dark satanic mills' with the fallen and dead mechanistic universe of the Age of Reason, imprisoning and impoverishing the human spirit under its reductionistic tyranny.
No, not to me! Blake was a mystic - a radical genius devoted to the highest realm of the imagination - a uniquely powerful sense of social and personal non-conformity - a visionary with individual Christian spiritual connections to the Divine - as his work makes clear - this all made him far more than a political revolutionary... This film is misleading because it's far too simplistic. He was a man of otherworldly prophetic ART tied into profound, overriding Faith... His unconventionality was all-consuming - he would never have fought with a 'side' in such a bloody fiasco - like some kind of 'rationalist' puppet... Whether he once wore a kepi rouge or not - or cursed the King for the miserable social injustices witnessed around him at that time, the atheist French radicals would have been worse than utter demons to him. He was a profound patriot - a true Londoner - more a loving compassionate champion of the poor, the downtrodden and the innocent, than a man of fire and bloody hatred. A rebel, yes - even a peculiar dissenter... But a rebel against even the rebels. An outsider - a complete marginal - a sheer enigma - a consummate original. A kind and good man. I see him far more like this.
You clearly understand nothing of Blake or the French revolution. Demonic forces were and are at play. Blake was an Englishman and a Christian - and would have no part in the demonic monstrousness of what followed. If you are a leftist and an atheist in the cult of Scientism and the Machine, then I can promise you that you people for your political (satanic) mission do not own Blake!! Nice try though… Maybe you can be luckier with someone else, but not me. Blake is far deeper and far higher than you can yet comprehend. Hope you wake up soon.
Put all the bad people’s heads on pikes what would that solve? Go to the root and destroy that, the root of all evil. Evil isn’t effected by its own nature such as violence and bitterness though, what else options is there?
William Blake, a true revolutionary and his weapons were Art and Vision.@Iain Sinclair time traveled to the past and explained what was happening on that time and what provokes William Blake to write and visualize all his majestic works. He explained everything with such calmness that i almost time traveled with him !! Truly amazing video. Thanks to +The British Library.
Vic Snaggletooth Autopsy rule!
Prince OvCrows yes they rule but why you mentioned this in a post about William Blake !!! ???
Being taught Blake in my teens was one of the things that turned me on to poetry. I remember the teacher reading 'London' to us, hearing the phrase "mind-forged manacles" and turning to the girl next to me, at the same time she turned to me, and both mouthing 'fucking hell wooow!'.
that's irrevocably sweet. i'm just learning about him now in college and i'm having that "wow" moment myself
Thank you! I think a film/docu on William Blake is to look forward to. Very much so💥👌🌺
Professor Harold Bloom, may he rest in peace, got me interested in William Blake. I will be forever grateful.
Almost 54,000 people took an interest in Blake. That's very encouraging!
i am here from school
na its my homework mate
@@triclinium8508 That'll take the joy out of it!
@@brendantannam499 no joy in this shit
just studying lit at uni
The belfast singer Van Morrison ,got me into Blake when he quoted "wisdom is sold in the desolate marketplace where no-one comes to buy or in the withered fields where the farmer ploughs for bread in vain "
Deep social commentary by the intervenant. I loved it. Thank you. What a great personality William Blake was!
Currently watching this in my online lesson
When I first found Blake I was 48 and from a country and a religion.. I'm now from god and the universe I'm from love itself
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Hooray!
The concerns Blake had are still concerns today. Although, they present themselves in ways enabled by the collected varieties born out of previous versions they continue to move these concerns forward fortifying them. keeping in check what one day checkmate.
Sinclair is so amazing. He amazes. He takes us through the maze of 'chartered' streets and loses us in the laberynth of his imagination. I wonder if he is the minotaur? He mocks majesty and though not crazy risks his sanity in the Thames gravel to unravel the clear depravity of bartered Picassos and broken down Archers.
This gave me many ideas for my English assessment. Thanks!
But Blake said that every man should be priest and king in his own house, expressed admiration for medieval Catholic theocracy and lamented that so many people in his day were bothering their heads about politics rather than the one thing needful i. e. Imagination. Blake is always far more complex and challenging that these simplistic portraits of the naive artisan radical might suggest. He was, in his own words, 'a mental prince'. Blake's revolution is not socio-political but Imaginal. It is endless 'mental fight' to break the oppressive fetters of Urizenic law that darken the 'fourfold vision' of the man of Imagination.
Well said!!
I would not use such angles of sharp characterization as you had he been living even one word (i have feeling much more , even a dozen approximation, is rough shod betting character is shameful to a man so great so unheard deserves only the imagination best left like a LAMB innocent of this slandering forward spoken judgemental word of Apostacy surely he (Blake covered them all in real thought, even metaphorically a practical imagination and good free thinking brilliant soul a unique individual much less than words can ever poetically squander or exactly charter as ye weak sauce lol fr. Im never pen a political or Popery attachment to this man thats a cheap puff of smoke up not my a$$ 😂
@@r.l.morrone1105nieve suggests? Who would care such a silly voice. Nieve rebel? Huh? He did not hear what spirit followed in action. How would any suggest or recite such a word of even another in context to Blake? Thats absurd! 😂
“Mind forged manacles” Blake would not go over well with our beloved tech titans !
Or our higher education system.
@@NigelJacksonyour higher education systems use his work to push their agenda. I guess it's complicated.
@@randymagnum143 They use 🦋🦋🦋 for Monarch MK-Ultra.
👹loves to twist what's good into bad.
Iain Sinclair is a brilliant man. Great video.
More, more !
Not much has changed then?
We need new William Blakes! ✌
@@mcmjclemence738 that would be most welcomed.
@@Ai-he1dp Not sure contempory William Blakes would really be "welcomed" by most people, though... 🧐
@@mcmjclemence738 His type is very welcomed by the right people though.
The Doors/Jim Morrison introduced me to Blake ❤
Anyone know what the music playing in the background is?
I can tell you it is a violin singing
Friend of Thomas Payne. Says a lot of the man's view's and principles.
I like William Blake
Ned Ludd lived in these times...
Despite our poetic ventures we are all part of our history and the times we live in
They burnt down the flour mills on my bday.
*Rhyming the words by saying them wrong,
Is the correct way to sing this song,
So make 'furiously' rhyme with 'nigh',
That's how they read Shakespeare and other poetry in the days of old,
And it sounds much better if the truth be told.
Plus it tends to make the audience giggle.
The Albion Mills on Fire (by William Blake ~ I think)
Wednesday March the Second day,
At Six in the Morning people say,
In Seventeen Hundred Ninety One,
The Fire at the Albion Mills begun,
~ Ri toll, lall de roll,
This noble building burnt so fast,
Black Friar's Bridge could not be past,
Nor could they get the Engines nigh,
Those mills did burn so furiously,
At length the roof did all fall in,
And then the Engines did begin,
But tho' with vigour they did play,
The Albion Mills were burnt that day,
The folks were all fill'd with amaze,
Beholding such surprising Blaze,
The answer to those who did inquire,
Was; the Albion Mills were all on fire,
And now the folks begin to chat,
How the owners they did this and that,
But very few did sorrow show,
That the Albion Mills were burnt so low,
Says one they had it in their power,
For to reduce the price of flour,
Instead of letting the bread raise,
But now the mills are all on blaze,
In lighters there was saved wheat,
But scorch'd and scarcely fit to eat,
Some Hundred Hogs saved different ways,
While the Albion Mills were in a blaze,
Now pray God bless us one and all,
And send the price of bread may fall,
That the poor with plenty may abound,
Tho' the Albion Mills burnt to the ground.
👨🚒👩🚒🚒🧯🔥🔥🔥🍞🥖🫓🔥🔥🔥🔥🧯🚒👩🚒👨🚒
very Kool mate
One question. At .55, where did you think you were walking?
I think he was showing us a nice view of the Thames.
Blake would have disowned this fool.
these are amazing.
max Keiser should get this guy on.
I would think that the Industrial Revolution would represent man's achievement over nature. A new type of creative imagination that give us control over our environment.
Blake identified the wheels, cogs and escarpments of the industrial revolution and the 'dark satanic mills' with the fallen and dead mechanistic universe of the Age of Reason, imprisoning and impoverishing the human spirit under its reductionistic tyranny.
the sane society
hey yr8 gang gang
No, not to me!
Blake was a mystic - a radical genius devoted to the highest realm of the imagination - a uniquely powerful sense of social and personal non-conformity - a visionary with individual Christian spiritual connections to the Divine - as his work makes clear - this all made him far more than a political revolutionary... This film is misleading because it's far too simplistic. He was a man of otherworldly prophetic ART tied into profound, overriding Faith... His unconventionality was all-consuming - he would never have fought with a 'side' in such a bloody fiasco - like some kind of 'rationalist' puppet... Whether he once wore a kepi rouge or not - or cursed the King for the miserable social injustices witnessed around him at that time, the atheist French radicals would have been worse than utter demons to him. He was a profound patriot - a true Londoner - more a loving compassionate champion of the poor, the downtrodden and the innocent, than a man of fire and bloody hatred. A rebel, yes - even a peculiar dissenter... But a rebel against even the rebels.
An outsider - a complete marginal - a sheer enigma - a consummate original.
A kind and good man.
I see him far more like this.
You made half that up.
@@HakuYuki001 All I said was true
You clearly understand nothing of Blake or the French revolution.
Demonic forces were and are at play. Blake was an Englishman and a Christian - and would have no part in the demonic monstrousness of what followed.
If you are a leftist and an atheist in the cult of Scientism and the Machine, then I can promise you that you people for your political (satanic) mission do not own Blake!!
Nice try though…
Maybe you can be luckier with someone else, but not me.
Blake is far deeper and far higher than you can yet comprehend.
Hope you wake up soon.
Ffs
Put all the bad people’s heads on pikes what would that solve?
Go to the root and destroy that, the root of all evil. Evil isn’t effected by its own nature such as violence and bitterness though, what else options is there?
Boomer