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:
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 MoreGlimpses of the artist’s true intention, heart, seen in Exquisite Fallacies, their past, present…
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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