The term outsider art was coined in 1972 in the title of a book by art critic Roger Cardinal as an English equivalent for art brut (French: "raw art" or "rough art"), a label created in the 1940s…
Read MoreAll the lost clauses so full of importance,
all the sleepless and listless nights
unseen by human eyes,
the mithering misery of it all:
How to explain modern chaos/ confusion and MADNESS of crackers without cheese?
How to keep sane when the world is crazy...
Roll up, roll up, to the greatest science show on earth
you might not understand them yet, but you're sure to see their worth.
There is mystery and magic here - to witness and behold ….
Stevenson's poem is about an imagined happy homecoming in death - a short poem of longing and returning, a profound sense of accomplishment and belonging. Larkin's is very much the opposite - a savage condemnation…
Read Morelove looking at new ways of writing that aren’t linear – so as a reader we have to find our own way of reading the text. It’s very strange to write and will be interesting to hear your response to it.
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