Sue Thomas

Songs of Imagination & Digitisation - first meeting

Songs of Imagination & Digitisation - first meeting
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Great first meeting at the Poetry Society Cafe today. We read excerpts from Blake's prose and poetry and discussed whether he could be counted as an 'amplified individual'  It was interesting to think about his relationship to work at a time when the Industrial Revolution was only just developing, cities were growing very rapidly, and the factory working day was a new concept. Today, I think, we may be heading back in the opposite direction, towards perhaps a kind of technologised, independent and comparatively wealthy peasant class. That aside, it was a great meeting and a wonderful opportunity to learn and share ideas. Many thanks to Chris Meade for setting this up and I'm really looking forward to seeing how it develops. Follow the project, and look out for William Blake's personalised netbook (courtesy of Bill Thompson)
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Songs of Imagination and Digitisation

Link: Songs of Imagination and Digitisation.
I've been invited to contribute to this fascinating if:book project about William Blake. Looking forward to meeting everyone this week.