"Jerusalem by the thames"
JERUSALEM BY THE THAMES
the visionary Work of William Blake
William Blake (1757- 1827) is today regarded as one of the most orginal of English writers and artists, yet during his lifetime he was largely ignored and often called mad. Born in London, he spent most of his years in the centre of the capital, but his visionary powers transformed all around him: the streets of the metropolis became for him windows to infinite time and space.
Blake’s visions began early, and throughout his life he experienced what was, for him, direct contact with spirits of the long- dead, with angels. God and the devil. While modern psychiatry would consider Blake to have been under the spell of hallucinations, for him the visions were real and directly inspired and guided his art. He was also not shy in describing the sources of his inspiration to his friends and colleagues. The eccentric reputation he thus gained did little to him to commercial success; for most of his life his work was neglected and often lived near to poverty.
But while his work was often out of step with his time, few of the best artists of his day doubted his technical ability. Trained as an engraver, he pushed forward the boundaries of that art by his own innovations, and combined it with his poetry to such an extent that one cannot be properly understood without the other. Among the best known ( and easiest to understand) of his hand- illustrated books are “Songs of Innocence” and “Songs of Experience”. These contain some of the simplest and most beautiful lyries in the English language.
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