The Otherworldly Art of William Blake

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  • William Blake was an English poet and visionary artist whose unique work gives us a glimpse into an entirely different world. His art was ignored and neglected, and few people took his work seriously. He was generally seen as a madman.
    His vivid imagination, visions and mystical experiences lead him to a spiritual task that was the exploration of his inner self. For Blake, the essence of human existence is imagination.
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    📝 Sources
    - The Life of William Blake by Alexander Gilchrist. Edited with an introduction by W. Graham Robertson
    - Commentaries on The Life and Works of William Blake (Brigid McCauley, Geir Uthaug, Brigid McCauley and Øyvind Olsholt)
    - Damon, S. F. (2013). A Blake dictionary: the ideas and symbols of William Blake. UPNE.
    - Ryan, M. (2011). Fearful Symmetries: William Blake, Northrop Frye, and Archetypal Criticism. ESC: English Studies in Canada, 37(2), 173-183.
    - William Blake vs the World: Why he matters more than ever
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    - Satanic Error and the Curse of Single Vision by Jungian psychotherapist Carol Leader
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    - The Life of Poet William Blake documentary (1995)
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    - www.blakearchive.org
    - www.williamblake.org/paintings/
    - www.tate.org.uk/
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    ⌛ Timestamps
    (0:00) The Life of William Blake
    (13:16) The Lyrical Poems of William Blake
    (15:48) Prophetic Books & Mythology
    (21:35) 1. The Ancient of Days (1794)
    (22:38) 2. Albion Rose (1794 - 1796)
    (23:37) 3. Isaac Newton (1795 - 1805)
    (24:23) 4. Nebuchadnezzar (1795 - 1805)
    (25:39) 5. The Night of Enitharmon's Joy (1795)
    (26:31) 6. Satan Exulting over Eve (1795)
    (27:00) 7. The Good and Evil Angels (1795 - 1805)
    (28:13) 8. The Angel of Revelation (1803 - 1805)
    (28:36) 9. Los Enters the Door of Death (1804-1820)
    (29:35) 10. The Great Red Dragon Paintings (1805 - 1810)
    (31:20) 11. The Man Who Taught Blake Painting in his Dreams (1819 - 1820)
    (31:44) 12. The Ghost of a Flea (1819 - 1820)
    (32:58) 13. Elisha In The Chamber On The Wall (1820)
    (33:30) 14. The Spectre over Los (1821)
    (34:38) 15. The Inscription over the Gate (1824 - 1827)
    (36:18) 16. Behemoth and Leviathan (1825)
    (36:41) How Blake's Art Can Help Us
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  • @Eternalised
    @Eternalised  2 года назад +338

    *"To see a World in a Grain of Sand.*
    *And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,*
    *Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand.*
    *And Eternity in an hour."*
    - William Blake
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    • @BudA29
      @BudA29 2 года назад +4

      I am born to endless night.....my lifes story

    • @jethodgkin6610
      @jethodgkin6610 2 года назад +15

      Blake was transcendent in his intelligence and understanding of the world around us. He saw into so many dimensions, and knew we had full control that we could choose to be happy, or choose to suffer our own torment.

    • @crazypunkrasta
      @crazypunkrasta 2 года назад +5

      My favorite doors song

    • @fabianenlazadordemundos2650
      @fabianenlazadordemundos2650 2 года назад

      @@crazypunkrasta ruclips.net/video/ZZe_9m4viRQ/видео.html

    • @deanodog3667
      @deanodog3667 2 года назад

      @@crazypunkrasta ???

  • @AG10381
    @AG10381 2 года назад +546

    "The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is so he sees." - William Blake

    • @bluesakura2092
      @bluesakura2092 2 года назад +25

      “As a man is so he sees” by the man seeing the tree as an obstacle it is ironic because the man’s perspective is the true obstacle.

    • @ZurditaDinamita
      @ZurditaDinamita 2 года назад +8

      "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".

    • @Kryptnyt
      @Kryptnyt Год назад +7

      @@bluesakura2092 Or in more sinister fashion, the man is the obstacle.

    • @anthoras
      @anthoras Год назад +1

      What a savage line

    • @bluesakura2092
      @bluesakura2092 Год назад +7

      @@Kryptnyt I didn’t think of that. This is random but it’s nice when people say things I didn’t expect, which never happens anymore.

  • @directedbydae8930
    @directedbydae8930 2 года назад +114

    "I must create a system,
    or be enslav'd by another man's.
    I will not reason & compare:
    my business is to create."
    -William Blake

  • @darrylbowman1082
    @darrylbowman1082 Год назад +41

    "We don't live in reality we live in what we think reality is " man that's deep .

  • @ReynaSingh
    @ReynaSingh 2 года назад +416

    Life is a dance between internality and externality. To renounce one for the other is to miss experience in its entirety

    • @aronklein8835
      @aronklein8835 2 года назад

      love your videos Reyna

    • @emeraldfox7175
      @emeraldfox7175 2 года назад +1

      Exactly right luv!

    • @alexmur6411
      @alexmur6411 2 года назад +8

      Life is a rope between man and overman. That’s it, that’s all . It is within you to became an overman

    • @knowone3529
      @knowone3529 2 года назад

      @@alexmur6411 u the shepherd

    • @saaociate1815
      @saaociate1815 2 года назад +1

      Separating them is impossible anyways.

  • @johannahidalgo7738
    @johannahidalgo7738 2 года назад +424

    His paintings and drawings are, still to this date, underrated 🙀

    • @TAROTAI
      @TAROTAI 2 года назад +4

      then this is the time to buy my little fly

    • @davidphoenix3593
      @davidphoenix3593 2 года назад +13

      Don't be one of those people who write * underrated * because I'm sure you could think of some better things to say .. yes ?
      The word underated is
      Overated .. 😆😄😃😀😉☺️😛😝🤪🤪😁😀😃😄

    • @iwashere2370
      @iwashere2370 2 года назад +11

      He's regarded as one of the greatest artists and mystics that ever lived. Wtf you on about?

    • @Goofballhero
      @Goofballhero 2 года назад +6

      @@davidphoenix3593 You almost had a point. Then you had to obnoxiously spam emoji’s like a boomer who’s just discovered the internet.

    • @jjw2632
      @jjw2632 2 года назад +1

      and fit into no artistic style or movement

  • @TheHammerofDissidence
    @TheHammerofDissidence 2 года назад +314

    The world needs William Blake now more than ever, it seems. What a beautiful mind.

    • @emeraldfox7175
      @emeraldfox7175 2 года назад

      Schizophrenic mind

    • @johnontourjot9839
      @johnontourjot9839 2 года назад +11

      Truly...but there’s a bit of Blake in us all..just remember

    • @johnburman966
      @johnburman966 2 года назад +15

      If there are Blakes among us......who is listening...we are more lost than ever...not only lost in thought, but even in our digital universe...The one who looks through our eyes is silent, unknown - while we clothe ourselves in temporary false identities.

    • @lotanowo
      @lotanowo 2 года назад +14

      This "the world needs x now more than ever" is so blatantly overused, it lost all its meaning. It seems like the world needs literally everyone that's already dead.

    • @johnontourjot9839
      @johnontourjot9839 2 года назад +6

      @@johnburman966 not among us-within us-
      Everyone is listening
      Everyone is connected
      To be lost in thought is golden- when we say we are lost in thought (oh I was miles away) what if we really are? The digital universe is a walled in area-it will always have barriers and limits-imagination has none-that is why we clothe ourselves in temporary things because to live like Blake is terrifying - no barriers pure infinity

  • @TheExNonGrata
    @TheExNonGrata 2 года назад +395

    "Essentially an artist is someone who is expressing the mass mind or the mass subconscious mind of the people. And when the artist makes that work it's been exhibited and people recognize the spirit, or something of themselves in that work. The artist is someone who channels a force or an energy. An artist speaks to the Eternal and the archetypes and then showing that those forces even exist. The artist makes a piece of sculpture or painting and he casts that spell, that visual spell into the world. And people become energized by that and they become motivated. If you see great art or you're exposed to great music, you become energernzied, sometimes you even feel invincible. The most powerful force is to bring inspiration to someone"
    - Fen de Villiers

    • @88FOUR
      @88FOUR 2 года назад +2

      a failed artist couldnt say that better

    • @chrisrosenkreuz23
      @chrisrosenkreuz23 2 года назад +1

      and that is also the reason sociopaths and psychos pass under our radars

    • @deanasaurs
      @deanasaurs 2 года назад

      @@chrisrosenkreuz23 how do you mean?

    • @deanasaurs
      @deanasaurs 2 года назад +2

      @@88FOUR if the failure is monetary you’ve in no way failed as an artist

    • @chrisrosenkreuz23
      @chrisrosenkreuz23 2 года назад

      @@deanasaurs well if you think about it, it's the polar opposite. Take what the OP said and apply it to the most common denominator in terms of violence. Violence is hypnotizing, be it physical or otherwise. Psychos can't have any regard for others, they are especially good in putting stuff out, they just push and push. This is seductive because we all have the innate desire to be able to do that to a lesser extent but most of us also can't compromise others in order to achieve it. That price is losing yourself and becoming the monster. Haha it seems you could say a psychopath is selfless in that regard.

  • @jayabyss377
    @jayabyss377 2 года назад +13

    7:00 "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite."

  • @HoundtheVoid
    @HoundtheVoid 2 года назад +194

    Love what you said: “if there is one true religion for Blake, it is the divine spark of the imagination”

    • @markberryhill2715
      @markberryhill2715 2 года назад +8

      Beautiful indeed.

    • @thememoryhole9355
      @thememoryhole9355 2 года назад +9

      He expresses things so perfectly that I've always sensed about myself my whole life but could never articulate to other people. They still think I'm nuts if I try. We are all William Blake.

    • @HoundtheVoid
      @HoundtheVoid 2 года назад +6

      @@thememoryhole9355 we’re all unique facets of the one whole, all connected always.
      I’ve had moments where Ive read things written by others long past and a shock of resonance surges through my body because it’s something that I’ve thought myself before. Sometimes it’s direct quotes of thoughts I’ve had prior, and then I come across it in reading for the first time.
      That’s just one of my favorite phenomena

    • @kookykoruc1827
      @kookykoruc1827 2 года назад +3

      @@HoundtheVoid That happens to me too. It's an amazing feeling, it kinda gives you a sense of existence if that makes sense
      Sometimes i doubt my own mental capacity as an individual, thinking that i'm the dumbest human with every choice i make. When i see a piece of art that carries the same questions i ask, it gives me the sense that my mind exists and is not just something made to fade into the background of me. I hope that makes sense, its really hard to put that feeling into words lol

    • @HoundtheVoid
      @HoundtheVoid 2 года назад +1

      @@kookykoruc1827 yes that makes total sense. The way you described that is amazing, and well articulated 🙌
      You mind if I save this and share to my Instagram?

  • @emilandersen8628
    @emilandersen8628 2 года назад +197

    there is something special about the people that reject the cold modern view of life and instead look within. i cant help but smile and feel that william blake really understood life and it makes me really happy to be able to learn about their experiences. cant quite explain it but this is it, infinite happiness within these ideas.

    • @gertrudebartholmule1334
      @gertrudebartholmule1334 Год назад

      look up watercolor print entitled. "Glad Day!"

    • @ateliermailart3371
      @ateliermailart3371 Год назад

      You can check Edward Art Chanel on YT. He explains Neville Goddard point of view of imagination, and also do speak about William. Lake to illustrate his point of view.

    • @redsol3629
      @redsol3629 Год назад +3

      I am a big believer in the collective unconscious although my own ideas may differ from Jung's. I believe that we are all part of this human experience and there are similarities that emerge as a result. An example is what you have said reminds me of a poem by Charles Bukowski,
      You can spot them
      these strange ones
      you wont find them with the crowds
      but from them come the only good poems
      So I wholeheartedly agree with you, it is the spark of life some of us carry within us. We weep as it dims in our heart and sing as it shines.

    • @gildedpeahen876
      @gildedpeahen876 Год назад

      We are the lotus flower growing out of the trash heap. It is only from the dregs of this material world that our soul seed is nurtured🫧

    • @darenbaker2235
      @darenbaker2235 Год назад

      I agree 😊

  • @joeh5538
    @joeh5538 2 года назад +8

    "an unfortunate lunatic, whose personal inoffensiveness secures him from confinement" reads like an evil inquisitor upset that they can't torture something

  • @strayexk7157
    @strayexk7157 Год назад +8

    devil may cry, anyone?
    the character V quoted William Blake multiple times throughout the game and it fits his brooding/mysterious vibe really well!!

  • @jacquelinepayne2012
    @jacquelinepayne2012 2 года назад +79

    Blake has been my favourite artist and poet since the moment I discovered him. He resonates with me in a way that lets me feel that I am not alone, but share my life with a kindred spirit.

  • @medieval._
    @medieval._ Год назад +2

    add this man to the list of follow artists I wish I could have a beer with

  • @helga4791
    @helga4791 Год назад +14

    I think the "Doors of Perception" line is what inspired The Doors to be The Doors as well as Aldous Huxley.

  • @elliotwalton6159
    @elliotwalton6159 Год назад +7

    I've carried Blake with me since my teenage years in the 1970s. A true prophet and visionary.

  • @MichaelSmith-tv3bd
    @MichaelSmith-tv3bd Год назад +4

    He was talking about Shadow Work before Carl Jung? That's really interesting. Thank you for this video.

    • @HkFinn83
      @HkFinn83 Год назад +1

      Jung and Freud before him borrowed a lot of their stuff from earlier thinkers. There’s a book documenting how a lot of the ideas about the mind in Freud and Jung are already in Shakespeare.

  • @carlys_critters7056
    @carlys_critters7056 Год назад +12

    “A change within, changes the world.” That just changed my entire life! Thank you ❤

  • @peepodhumperdink4456
    @peepodhumperdink4456 2 года назад +27

    The Red Dragon and the Woman clothed in the sun is one of my favorite paintings. I just remember the scene in Red Dragon where Ralph Fiennes becomes the character in front of the projector. One of two moments in my life with Blakes work that cements his legacy in my life.

    • @phrayzar
      @phrayzar Год назад +1

      and the scene in "manhunter" that is the original version.

    • @curtiskretzer8898
      @curtiskretzer8898 Год назад +1

      The accountant, disrespected by his prospective employer after spending the balance of his savings traveling to work,then turned out to the streets,is caught up in a love triangle that leaves two people dead & the accountant, William Blake, mortally wounded w/a bounty on his head.He is found by an English educated Indian that believes the accountant is THE William Blake.A very interesting western & quite fatalistic

    • @ishmaelforester9825
      @ishmaelforester9825 4 месяца назад

      The trippy thing is, his Red Dragon is the City.

  • @raskolnikovman936
    @raskolnikovman936 2 года назад +9

    Bring me my bow of burning gold:
    Bring me my arrows of desire:
    Bring me my spear: O clouds unfold!
    Bring me my chariot of fire.
    I will not cease from mental fight,
    Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
    Till we have built Jerusalem
    In England’s green and pleasant land.
    - William Blake

  • @ezrastardust3124
    @ezrastardust3124 2 года назад +12

    If we all lived like Blake, the world would be a happier place

  • @floradelirium
    @floradelirium Год назад +6

    His eyes struck me, in his self portrait. So gentle, thoughtful and in between two worlds.

  • @TheTimeRocket
    @TheTimeRocket 2 года назад +17

    "When you are discussing Blake you are discussing one of the greatest spiritual giants of all time. You might just as well discuss St. Paul, for they had the identical visions, the vision of reality."
    -Neville Goddard

  • @jimc.goodfellas226
    @jimc.goodfellas226 2 года назад +105

    Just found this channel with the "Notes From Underground" video...very interesting. Doestovesky was one of the most influential writers on the young me. William Blake is fascinating. Great stuff

    • @knowone3529
      @knowone3529 2 года назад +1

      Doest knew

    • @emilandersen8628
      @emilandersen8628 2 года назад

      fyodor just makes me smile thinking about him

    • @ErikTheWiz
      @ErikTheWiz 2 года назад +3

      That’s how I found this channel too, he’s one of the reasons why I’ve become so interested in philosophy and psychology.

    • @jeffrey5013
      @jeffrey5013 2 года назад +3

      @@ErikTheWiz sadly, there is some serious Urizen shit going on in modern academic psychology

  • @WWS322
    @WWS322 2 года назад +11

    Blake really worked hard all his life, probably how he kept outside of the madhouse.

    • @emeraldfox7175
      @emeraldfox7175 2 года назад +1

      Especially being schizophrenic

    • @termikesmike
      @termikesmike Год назад

      @@emeraldfox7175 Ha, Schizophrenia didn't even exist in those days

  • @justiceneeded01
    @justiceneeded01 Год назад +13

    How have I not known about this man until now, oh man. What a treasure this man was!!!
    Edit: When I left the first part of this comment, I was only about 8 minutes in, lol. Now that I'm almost finished I am compelled to agree with so many the other great comments left about how amazing this whole video is. The presentation, narration, all the information...fantastic!!! Wow!! Was not prepared for such a masterpiece when I clicked on this!!!

  • @ShareAMeal77
    @ShareAMeal77 8 месяцев назад +2

    Recently I've really got into art for some reason. Looking at art (and pictures) can make me feel a certain way that is hard to explain. The way someone has drawn a tree, for example, I notice the detail and the effort and I kind of imagine, or feel, the artist themselves. I only draw trees, I love trees.

  • @the_original_Bilb_Ono
    @the_original_Bilb_Ono 2 года назад +2

    I just found my next tattoo... im not religious but the drama of his paintings is striking.

  • @tenzinlungtok762
    @tenzinlungtok762 2 года назад +6

    'Spectre over Los' understands me better than I do. 38 minutes well spent. Chapeau!

  • @rogurishimaru
    @rogurishimaru 2 года назад +42

    I'm glad you covered the works and life of this master! He's one of my heroes and in this day and age he needs more and more attention.

  • @punro6353
    @punro6353 2 года назад +5

    For some reasons, i could imagine Vergil Sparda teaching us, because of your voice and it made my day considering how much Blake is a living part of this character

    • @OTheDetective
      @OTheDetective Год назад +1

      finally another cultured individual

    • @punro6353
      @punro6353 Год назад

      @@OTheDetective 🙏

  • @Tobazhniazhi
    @Tobazhniazhi 2 года назад +22

    Blake saw the reality of things through the Imagination and it is inspiring to see that this is what he remained true to, from the beginning to the end, despite neglect, failure, penury, and other earthly ills that might well have deflected him from his central purpose.
    "Didst close my Tongue in senseless clay, And me to Mortal Life betray. The Death of Jesus set me free: Then what have I to do with thee?"

  • @eldiabloblanco3167
    @eldiabloblanco3167 2 года назад +29

    "No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell."
    I've been reading about shadow work and all that jazz. You can't neglect or ignore your so-called dark side and be a complete person. I believe our purpose here during every life we live is to grow our soul and to eventually earn our place in heaven. No one does it in one lifetime. I guess its time to have a conversation with my shadow. 😁✌

    • @dhdhebeb1780
      @dhdhebeb1780 2 года назад

      Only those who are ascended and elevated their Soul can achieve that in their life time
      They are Saints, Venerable Men, those radiating with Divine Genius, whose overflowing Intellect churn the ocean of Primordial Divine to reveal and manifest the works of the Divine

    • @305Lfx
      @305Lfx 2 года назад

      Carl jung.....

    • @AB-sj3ob
      @AB-sj3ob 2 года назад

      You should check out “the science of self realization” “beyond birth and death” “east journey to other planets” by A.C Bhaktivedanta great reads about this topic and our purposes in the physical/ material world.

    • @AB-sj3ob
      @AB-sj3ob 2 года назад

      “Journey to other planets”

    • @lulassong6524
      @lulassong6524 10 месяцев назад

      Urizon, my forever logo❤

  • @aaronlaluzerne6639
    @aaronlaluzerne6639 2 года назад +8

    One of the dragon paintings was actually featured in the Red Dragon movie of the Hannibal Lector Trilogy and was part of a major plot point.

  • @whatever4561
    @whatever4561 2 года назад +4

    "Deadman" Is my favorite movie. The best Depp ever did, and hardly anyone knows about it

    • @the_Googie
      @the_Googie 11 месяцев назад

      its also my favorite movie. Ive seen it many times. Ive loved it ever since i was 14 or so, when my dad showed it to me. From Neil Youngs soundtrack to the performances. Its just all around amazing

  • @learntonganwithandrew
    @learntonganwithandrew 2 года назад +3

    Blake is so underrated

  • @h-ink-visualversatility974
    @h-ink-visualversatility974 2 года назад +4

    I find no words to describe Blake's collection of artistry and prose. Utterly awestruck... Wow.

  • @nancyjenkins8387
    @nancyjenkins8387 2 года назад +2

    Blake becomes clearer to me as I age through my life

  • @darrylbowman1082
    @darrylbowman1082 Год назад +2

    Man this whole video is deep I can't retain all of it .

  • @DEPARTMENTOFREDUNDANCYDEPT
    @DEPARTMENTOFREDUNDANCYDEPT 2 года назад +3

    Blake was a true genius, a poet, a graphic artist, engraver and champion of true spiritual experience as opposed to the artificial limits of religious dogma.

  • @pravkdey
    @pravkdey 2 года назад +6

    Part of why I like his works is they look like sketches someone would make if they actually saw those things. Kind of reminds me of sketches explorers made of places and peoples they visited. Feel like wherever he went to create his art is real and awesome and terrifying in equal measure

  • @Cinderella227
    @Cinderella227 2 года назад +4

    Huge admirer of William Blake. Enjoy his poetry/all his artistic and prophetic contributions to mankind. ✝️❤️

  • @nicholasgalluzzo6307
    @nicholasgalluzzo6307 Год назад +4

    The painting of The Spectre over Los immediately called out to me and reflected some issues in me that I've been having with work. I started looking up prints for the painting before I could finish the video. Having done this made that last quote of William hit very hard for me.
    "If these spectators could enter into these images in his imagination,..." Etc, thanks for validating my existence and my problems 300 years before I was born, William. Thank you for struggling before I had to so you could help me with these thoughts. I hope to pay it forward to the next guy, somehow. Thank God some people are kind enough and imaginative and willed enough to put their human experience down for others through art and poetry. It's incredible that people who lived so long ago can make us feel such catharsis through space and time.
    Thank you so much for having covered him, I had seen a few of these paintings in the past but never new anything about the artist. Your content is so valuable to just be able to listen to. You're a gem.

  • @animula6908
    @animula6908 Год назад +1

    It’s weird that so many people have to take psychedelic substances to access their own faculty of imagination. For those who already have active imaginations, it’s even weirder, but after they take all these substances they suddenly understand the way you’ve always seen the world. Then even more weirdly they remain convinced and try to convince you that you need to take the same substances to fully grasp reality. It’s like it’s impossible for people to realize there are still some people around whose psyches aren’t crippled to the same extent.

  • @dalutoz3533
    @dalutoz3533 2 года назад +23

    This guy had a very interesting state of mind and a downright beautiful sense of the imagination. The video quality was outstanding and the background music was a phenomenal contribution to the interesting thoughts and visions.

  • @rickmane4901
    @rickmane4901 2 года назад +2

    my mans had bars too

  • @DrkstrX
    @DrkstrX 2 года назад +2

    This guy was ahead of his time. Damn.

  • @oscarslater6123
    @oscarslater6123 2 года назад +11

    the english romantics were absolutely untouchable

  • @christiansamaroo
    @christiansamaroo 11 месяцев назад +2

    Matter is the lowest form of spirit and spirit is the highest form of matter

  • @landonmassey1454
    @landonmassey1454 2 года назад +6

    😁👍 my favorite poet! I found out about William Blake because of the movie 'Dead Man' by Jim Jarmusch. Been obsessed ever since.

  • @bloomshunt9848
    @bloomshunt9848 2 года назад +9

    I easily identify with Blake, as much of my art stems from the beyond rather than the seen world. I’m inclined to agree with most of his ideals except for that “an evil act is better than being passive good.” Nietzsche had a similar stance, yet water over time smooths the stone to sand. I find their stance on “passive good” relatable to the human trait impatience. For passive does not necessarily mean powerlessness if used correctly. As a feminine being perhaps I see it differently being able to create another human being with my body with no conscious action after the initial interaction.
    Very well done, thanks for such a lovely production.

  • @abbysorenson6685
    @abbysorenson6685 Год назад +3

    I'm new to William Blake but I'm so grateful to have discovered him. Thank you for this incredible education.

  • @GalaxySpinz
    @GalaxySpinz 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for giving William Blake some much needed respected attention. He was way ahead of his time and a major inspiration to me. Great video!

  • @celestenova777
    @celestenova777 2 года назад +5

    Imagination is all.

  • @ChristiaanHartNibbrig
    @ChristiaanHartNibbrig Год назад +9

    This was excellent. The images and excerpts of Blake's work were well-selected; the narration cleanly written and voiced; the editing and pace superb. Thank you so much. I took a course in Romantic poetry as an undergraduate, loved the course, but was drawn to Wordsworth and Shelley and Keats; not so much Blake. His poetry hit me differently as an (almost) old man. Some of his visual artwork is fantastic, too. His overall vision was a celebration of the imagination. That is certainly something to celebrate.

  • @eu29lex16
    @eu29lex16 2 года назад +10

    26:51
    This is a very accurate painting ! It's because in the "story of Adam and Eve" script Satan wasn't the Snake, he was actually TALKING through a Snake.Yeah, basically a ventriloquist or a guy who simply told the snake what to tell Eve, but a ventriloquist is more probable !
    "In the Garden, she is separated from Adam: she stays with the female animals and Adam with the male ones. The devil persuades the male snake to rebel against Adam and his wife: at the hour the angels go up to worship the Lord, Satan disguises himself as an angel and speaks to Eve using the mouth of the serpent. The serpent seduces Eve, who swears to give the fruit to eat to Adam too. The serpent places in the fruit the poison of his wickedness, which is lust. When Eve eats it, she discovers that she is naked. All the trees of the Garden lose their leaves. Only a fig tree, the plant she ate of, still has leaves, and she hides her shame with its leaves. Eve looks for Adam and deceives him: he also eats the forbidden fruit. (chapters 15-21)"

    • @TimGreig
      @TimGreig Год назад

      That's the most ridiculous load of clap-trap I have ever read. although, now that I read it it, it seems even stupider that for all this "time" people of religion have actually been following the voice of Satan and believing the human body is shameful and wanting to physically connect with the opposite sex is 'bad". Your god didn't say it, but Satan.So yeah, lets listen to Satan. Good plan...

    • @termikesmike
      @termikesmike Год назад +2

      Where does this come from - (chapters 15-21) ?

    • @eu29lex16
      @eu29lex16 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@termikesmikefrom the original story

  • @argentinidomador7239
    @argentinidomador7239 2 года назад +19

    I LOVE IT.
    I've been reading William Blake for a long time, so it's great to see a video about him.

    • @masomenosverdad
      @masomenosverdad 2 года назад +1

      jajajjaaj tremendo perfil de youtube te armaste

    • @argentinidomador7239
      @argentinidomador7239 2 года назад +1

      @@masomenosverdad No esperaba que me cachen aca, ves mi lado sensible. Todo domador tiene un corazon.

  • @nunyabiznes33
    @nunyabiznes33 Год назад +1

    All the paintings have a dreamlike feel to them.

  • @slugabunyseaside7415
    @slugabunyseaside7415 2 года назад +3

    The children of today have forgotten how to play with
    Imagination

    • @pluutoop
      @pluutoop 2 года назад +2

      Because they tell us to work work work 😭

  • @drewyStyla
    @drewyStyla Год назад +1

    A true visionary and a great Briton whose influence is still with us.

  • @enoch4499
    @enoch4499 2 года назад +3

    Reality is only a matter of individual perception. This man seemed a natural stoic.

  • @hermesnoelthefourthway
    @hermesnoelthefourthway 2 года назад +4

    This life's dim window of the soul distorts the heavens from pole to pole, and leads us to believe a lie when we look with and not thro the eye"
    Auguries of Innocence, William Blake
    Five minutes after writing my comment he said it !!!!!!!!

  • @jaydennaegle4816
    @jaydennaegle4816 2 года назад +2

    LXXII.
    Specter of Albion! Warlike Fiend! In clouds of blood and ruin roll’d: I here reclaim thee as my own
    My Selfhood! Satan! Armed in gold. -William Blake

  • @elizabethhestevold1340
    @elizabethhestevold1340 2 года назад +1

    One off my favorite Artist's . When in Paris, engraved , color printed a Art piece in honor off William Stanley Hayter, Atelier 17. Best compliment I got, was from Artist, comparing the work , off William Blake. Glad to see him here! Great Artist. Could be part of our re- awakening.🇩🇰🇺🇸🌅🙏⏳🌷

  • @timedriverable
    @timedriverable 2 года назад +2

    He was ahead of his time.I believe his 3rd eye was open or pineal gland was not calcified and very active.

  • @richarddegener
    @richarddegener 2 года назад

    So good! Thanks for making this.

  • @crisisactor420
    @crisisactor420 2 года назад +1

    I've got a print of Ancient of Days in my room right next to my bed and it freaks me out every morning, I love it

  • @ogcloo1854
    @ogcloo1854 2 года назад +4

    Easy sub, thank you for the content, the consistency of quality and tone is amazing, and obviously the amount of work clearly put into each video/topic. Quality content, please keep going lol cuz you’re kinda on fire

  • @JorgeCabrales-ww1mw
    @JorgeCabrales-ww1mw 2 месяца назад

    This is well done. Thank you.

  • @saaociate1815
    @saaociate1815 2 года назад

    Thanks for the upload. Some
    of what you translated gave me deep insight on other things that I have been contemplating for some time. I appreciate that.

  • @FrankAlexanderMiddendorp
    @FrankAlexanderMiddendorp 6 месяцев назад

    thanks for this great contribution

  • @marcopiersanti7961
    @marcopiersanti7961 2 года назад +6

    this channel truly is a triumph of both excellent content and form. i am always so inspired and educated by these videos, they are made with a kind of attention and quality that i do not see easily elsewhere on this platform .
    the organisation of the topics and the narration indicate so much passion from the creator and i hope to see more of these artistic analysises

  • @frankwilliams139
    @frankwilliams139 2 года назад

    I am so thankful for the work you do.

  • @gabriellemilnar8406
    @gabriellemilnar8406 11 месяцев назад

    Awesome video! Thank you for all you do!

  • @Sennapop
    @Sennapop Год назад +3

    I'd like to meet this man in heaven. Cuz I know he made it there 100%

  • @VIVI1337
    @VIVI1337 2 года назад +2

    Wow this was just amazing, thank you and keep up the good work!

  • @Brooder85
    @Brooder85 2 года назад +1

    Brilliantly done. Thank you.

  • @ronniemontgomery4394
    @ronniemontgomery4394 2 года назад +3

    Always a friend of William Blake never have I seen how incredible he is a true friend of man only if we seek do we receive.

  • @captainspaulding7476
    @captainspaulding7476 2 года назад

    i needed this

  • @shiningdivinelight2395
    @shiningdivinelight2395 2 года назад +11

    I am so enthralled with this video and intend on checking out more of Blake’s work! Thank you for sharing!

  • @ShareAMeal77
    @ShareAMeal77 8 месяцев назад

    The poetry is amazing!

  • @jimbaker4277
    @jimbaker4277 Год назад +2

    It’s wild to think how much of Bruce Dickinson’s solo musical work is influenced by Blake. A ghost of a flea is literally an album cover.

  • @SulMulroy
    @SulMulroy Год назад

    These videos are class. I'm working my way through all of them one by one and am getting worried about how close I am to finishing them. Nice work Mr. Eternalised, keep the vids coming please

  • @LeontiusInvictus
    @LeontiusInvictus Год назад

    Wow this really resonated

  • @miroirmental
    @miroirmental 10 месяцев назад

    Very beautiful and instructive thank you

  • @JakevanHalen01
    @JakevanHalen01 2 года назад +3

    thanks for all the information, really interesting to learn about Blakes' philosophy and life, especially since he is so underappreciated!

  • @owenleejoeking2683
    @owenleejoeking2683 2 года назад

    I am glad you decided to make a video about Blake. Thank you

  • @emperorfulgidus262
    @emperorfulgidus262 2 года назад +4

    I love this! Thank you

  • @jonweber.8.756
    @jonweber.8.756 Год назад

    Unbelievable work, thank you for doing this!

  • @ivanpaints6240
    @ivanpaints6240 2 года назад

    Terrific work! Blake's work has always mesmerised me.

  • @Edward-6909
    @Edward-6909 2 года назад +2

    Love all of Blakes' works.

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- 2 года назад +2

    Wow, he was although religious he saw beyond its construct and systematic hold of some people. He also saw beyond what the day to day life is like, he criticized society and its disconnect with the natural world. He thought as an esoteric yet still somewhat holds to his Christian faith.

  • @pedrolemos8988
    @pedrolemos8988 Год назад

    beautiful video, you really cast a net into all areas of his work, good job man! keep up the good work

  • @LokiBeckonswow
    @LokiBeckonswow Год назад +1

    this video is so incredible, thank you so much for these insights into Mr Blake!

  • @peg4847
    @peg4847 2 года назад +1

    Wow. Best time spent in a long while. Appreciate this very much. Recently bought a used copy of a Blake biography online. Sadly someone had underlined it (which is sacrilege!); making me not want to read it. This was a succint, informative, insight into this inspirational genius. LOVE this channel and all your topics. 💕

  • @shcap3
    @shcap3 Год назад

    I thoroughly enjoyed the way this was put together. Well done

  • @zeemo7751
    @zeemo7751 2 года назад +4

    Thankyou..you dont know how badly my soul needed this video, william blake was a genius i know but i had no idea he was a visionary. God bless that man an make us more like him.

  • @eximusic
    @eximusic 2 года назад +2

    Always one of my favorite artists. Fortunately we have a gallery nearby with many of his works and drawings.

  • @MsCosmicstarelder
    @MsCosmicstarelder Месяц назад

    Thank u .much much appreciated