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El demonio es parco
El rugido de los leones, el aullido de los lobos, el bramido del tormentoso mar y la espada destructiva son porciones de la eternidad demasiado grandes para el ojo del hombre.
90 pages, Paperback
First published July 12, 2010
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William Blake
1,283 books3,254 followersWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake's work is today considered seminal and significant in the history of both poetry and the visual arts.
Blake's prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the language". His visual artistry has led one modern critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced." Although he only once travelled any further than a day's walk outside London over the course of his life, his creative vision engendered a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced 'imagination' as "the body of God", or "Human existence itself".
Once considered mad for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is highly regarded today for his expressiveness and creativity, and the philosophical and mystical currents that underlie his work. His work has been characterized as part of the Romantic movement, or even "Pre-Romantic", for its largely having appeared in the 18th century. Reverent of the Bible but hostile to the established Church, Blake was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions, as well as by such thinkers as Emanuel Swedenborg.
Despite these known influences, the originality and singularity of Blake's work make it difficult to classify. One 19th century scholar characterised Blake as a "glorious luminary", "a man not forestalled by predecessors, nor to be classed with contemporaries, nor to be replaced by known or readily surmisable successors."
Blake's prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the language". His visual artistry has led one modern critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced." Although he only once travelled any further than a day's walk outside London over the course of his life, his creative vision engendered a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced 'imagination' as "the body of God", or "Human existence itself".
Once considered mad for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is highly regarded today for his expressiveness and creativity, and the philosophical and mystical currents that underlie his work. His work has been characterized as part of the Romantic movement, or even "Pre-Romantic", for its largely having appeared in the 18th century. Reverent of the Bible but hostile to the established Church, Blake was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions, as well as by such thinkers as Emanuel Swedenborg.
Despite these known influences, the originality and singularity of Blake's work make it difficult to classify. One 19th century scholar characterised Blake as a "glorious luminary", "a man not forestalled by predecessors, nor to be classed with contemporaries, nor to be replaced by known or readily surmisable successors."
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September 21, 2022
Un pequeño libro que extrae los aforismos de algunas de las obras más relevantes de Blake, sus reflexiones giran entorno a lo profético, poético, filosófico y hermético.
Lo que siempre me ha llamado la atención de Blake es la propuesta que tiene sobre la dualidad humana, reflejos que luego vemos en las obras de otros tantos autores como Yeats, Yibrán, Schopenhauer, Cioran, etc…
Plantea al bien y el mal como cualidades de todo ser humano, descartando así la posibilidad del cielo o infierno literalmente. Al cielo serán admitidos no los que hayan esquivado o gobernado sus pasiones, o los que no tengan pasiones, sino los que han cultivado su entendimiento. La santidad no es el precio para entrar al cielo, tener una pasión propia y no pasar la vida gobernando las pasiones de los otros, es lo que cuenta. Por otro lado, el infierno es encerrarse en la posición de los deseos corporales que pronto debilitan el ser humano, pues la aspiración mayor es el arte. Y todo lo que es negación es vicio.
Lo que siempre me ha llamado la atención de Blake es la propuesta que tiene sobre la dualidad humana, reflejos que luego vemos en las obras de otros tantos autores como Yeats, Yibrán, Schopenhauer, Cioran, etc…
Plantea al bien y el mal como cualidades de todo ser humano, descartando así la posibilidad del cielo o infierno literalmente. Al cielo serán admitidos no los que hayan esquivado o gobernado sus pasiones, o los que no tengan pasiones, sino los que han cultivado su entendimiento. La santidad no es el precio para entrar al cielo, tener una pasión propia y no pasar la vida gobernando las pasiones de los otros, es lo que cuenta. Por otro lado, el infierno es encerrarse en la posición de los deseos corporales que pronto debilitan el ser humano, pues la aspiración mayor es el arte. Y todo lo que es negación es vicio.
October 1, 2014
Una buena colección de aforismos de William Blake que abordan temas como la unidad del cuerpo y el alma o la necesidad de comprender que la división entre el Bien y el Mal no coincide con la realidad de la Naturaleza. Es un libro que permite conocer el pensamiento de Blake a través de esas frases sucintas pero certeras y que de alguna forma hacen posible completar la comprensión de la obra de este verdadero poeta hermético, un iniciado y un adelantado a su tiempo, al punto que sus reflexiones, tanto como su poesía, siguen siendo de una enorme vigencia. Algunas perlas del libro: "Ver un Mundo en un Grano de Arena/ y un Cielo en una Flor Silvestre"; "No cuestiono a mi Ojo Corpóreo o Vegetativo más de lo que cuestiono a una Ventana"; "Espera veneno de aguas estancadas"; "¡Escucha el reproche del tonto!¡Es un título nobiliario!"
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