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William Blake’s The Gates of Paradise (1787-93)

41 points by prismatic 6y ago

zabzonk 5y ago
You won't find a greater fan of Blake than me, but I'm not clear for the reason of this being posted here.
- dang 5y ago
  If it's intellectually interesting, it's on topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Especially if it's unpredictable: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=can%27t%20predict%20sequence%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... Edit: I buried the lede. Tell us more about Blake!
  - zabzonk 5y ago
    Surely that would mean that any combination of graphics and poetry would be on-topic here? Which would make the site be about culture generally, and so more than a bit diffuse?
    - PaulHoule 5y ago
      Out of materials from a university archive, I know that this kind of image plays well.
    - Kozlowski 5y ago
      There’s more non tech than tech content here for the past handful of years. Not much Hacker, mostly News - and News with intention to provoke outrage at that.
      - dang 5y ago
        That's a big exaggeration, perhaps because what you dislike is more noticeable than what you like, leading to false feelings of generality. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20notice%20dislike&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
    - dang 5y ago
      The feedback loops take care of that. If it gets repetitive then it gets predictable, so then it's less interesting, so then it's off topic. Who doesn't love feedback loops? Edit: I originally put these links in my GP comment but took them out because I didn't want to overdo it. However, if you read enough to grok the heuristic in each case, you'll get the basic model that this place runs by. Eventually I'll compile this material, but for the time being it's the guidelines and Algolia links: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20optimiz%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... plus the link I included above: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=can%27t%20predict%20sequence%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
    - bryanrasmussen 5y ago
      well I mean, first off we sort of have to just agree that William Blake isn't just any combination of graphics and poetry in order to not need to post a book's worth of argument here. Second of all we might also agree that Blake as a graphic designer was something of a hacker https://www.newstatesman.com/william-blake-rebel-radical-revolutionary-tate-britain-exhibition-london-review https://www.newstatesman.com/william-blake-rebel-radical-rev... so out of all the Artist / Poets to take exception to on HN this seems really weird, and not weird in the Blakean way.
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dang 5y ago
Not much by way of Blake threads over the years: William Blake's Four-Fold Imagination (2020) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25786182 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25786182 - Jan 2021 (8 comments) William Blake’s design innovations - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21066650 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21066650 - Sept 2019 (2 comments) Glorious Luminary: On William Blake - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13098991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13098991 - Dec 2016 (1 comment) The Greatness of William Blake - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10568050 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10568050 - Nov 2015 (5 comments)
- pvg 5y ago
  William Blake, William Blake, William Blake, William Blake, say it and feel new! From Peter Porter's Japanese Jokes https://asuddenline.tumblr.com/post/23106401624/japanese-jokes-peter-porter https://asuddenline.tumblr.com/post/23106401624/japanese-jok...
open-source-ux 5y ago
The BBC radio programme The Forum has an episode discussing the life and works of William Blake with three experts. It's a stimulating discussion. This episode was broadcast in 2018 and can be downloaded to listen offline: The life and works of William Blake: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswps4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswps4 I can recommend The Forum in general. It features informative discussion of every subject possible. There are over 600 episodes available to listen online (although not all episodes can be downloaded).
- boygobbo 5y ago
  Also In Our Time (another great BBC radio discussion programme) on Songs of Innocence and Experience: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gh4pg https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gh4pg
readonthegoapp 5y ago
The little I know about Blake was picked up by reading Drive your plow over the bones of the dead Great book He apparently wrote a lot about the environment And was vegetarian Those images are pretty cool too. Unique-ish style

41 points by prismatic 6y ago

zabzonk 5y ago

You won't find a greater fan of Blake than me, but I'm not clear for the reason of this being posted here.

dang 5y ago
If it's intellectually interesting, it's on topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Especially if it's unpredictable: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=can%27t%20predict%20sequence%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... Edit: I buried the lede. Tell us more about Blake!
- zabzonk 5y ago
  Surely that would mean that any combination of graphics and poetry would be on-topic here? Which would make the site be about culture generally, and so more than a bit diffuse?
  - PaulHoule 5y ago
    Out of materials from a university archive, I know that this kind of image plays well.
  - Kozlowski 5y ago
    There’s more non tech than tech content here for the past handful of years. Not much Hacker, mostly News - and News with intention to provoke outrage at that.
    - dang 5y ago
      That's a big exaggeration, perhaps because what you dislike is more noticeable than what you like, leading to false feelings of generality. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20notice%20dislike&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
  - dang 5y ago
    The feedback loops take care of that. If it gets repetitive then it gets predictable, so then it's less interesting, so then it's off topic. Who doesn't love feedback loops? Edit: I originally put these links in my GP comment but took them out because I didn't want to overdo it. However, if you read enough to grok the heuristic in each case, you'll get the basic model that this place runs by. Eventually I'll compile this material, but for the time being it's the guidelines and Algolia links: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20optimiz%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... plus the link I included above: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=can%27t%20predict%20sequence%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
  - bryanrasmussen 5y ago
    well I mean, first off we sort of have to just agree that William Blake isn't just any combination of graphics and poetry in order to not need to post a book's worth of argument here. Second of all we might also agree that Blake as a graphic designer was something of a hacker https://www.newstatesman.com/william-blake-rebel-radical-revolutionary-tate-britain-exhibition-london-review https://www.newstatesman.com/william-blake-rebel-radical-rev... so out of all the Artist / Poets to take exception to on HN this seems really weird, and not weird in the Blakean way.
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dang 5y ago

Not much by way of Blake threads over the years: William Blake's Four-Fold Imagination (2020) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25786182 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25786182 - Jan 2021 (8 comments) William Blake’s design innovations - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21066650 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21066650 - Sept 2019 (2 comments) Glorious Luminary: On William Blake - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13098991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13098991 - Dec 2016 (1 comment) The Greatness of William Blake - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10568050 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10568050 - Nov 2015 (5 comments)

pvg 5y ago
William Blake, William Blake, William Blake, William Blake, say it and feel new! From Peter Porter's Japanese Jokes https://asuddenline.tumblr.com/post/23106401624/japanese-jokes-peter-porter https://asuddenline.tumblr.com/post/23106401624/japanese-jok...

open-source-ux 5y ago

The BBC radio programme The Forum has an episode discussing the life and works of William Blake with three experts. It's a stimulating discussion. This episode was broadcast in 2018 and can be downloaded to listen offline: The life and works of William Blake: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswps4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswps4 I can recommend The Forum in general. It features informative discussion of every subject possible. There are over 600 episodes available to listen online (although not all episodes can be downloaded).

boygobbo 5y ago
Also In Our Time (another great BBC radio discussion programme) on Songs of Innocence and Experience: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gh4pg https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gh4pg

readonthegoapp 5y ago

The little I know about Blake was picked up by reading Drive your plow over the bones of the dead Great book He apparently wrote a lot about the environment And was vegetarian Those images are pretty cool too. Unique-ish style