Two short excerpts from Blake's unfinished 'prophetic book' VALA,
which seem apropos de nos jours.

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Happy Birthday, William Blake #2
from The Brilliant New Hercules: A Blake Reader
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A couple of favourite images for Blake’s birthday! ‘The Sun at His Eastern Gate’ and ‘When the Morning Stars Sang Together’, discussed in my, ‘The Book of Angels: Seen and Unseen’ (Camb. Scholars Pub., 2019, reissued in paperback 2024).
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I was there at the unveiling of Lida Cardoza’s gravestone for Blake at Bunhill Fields in 2018 & took this shot:
I GIVE you the end of a golden string;
Only wind it into a ball,
It will lead you in at Heaven’s gate,
Built in Jerusalem’s wall…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM BLAKE!

Early scenes from LOS, my WIP graphic novel about Blake.

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If you are in the mood for some genuinely uplifting and inspiring poetic listening. Jump over to your podcast app & find myself and Stephen Pritchard #blakesociety sharing the work of #WilliamBlake & #KahlilGibran live at this year’s #bradfordlitfest

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VALA Issue 4

Wahoo my latest VALA arrived. Here is Issue 4 just chilling with numbers 1-3! #BlakeSociety