Comments on: William Blake’s Songs of Experience https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/28/william-blakes-songs-of-experience/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:06:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Hardy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/28/william-blakes-songs-of-experience/#comment-75068 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:06:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=75624#comment-75068 I was looking at the images above, enjoying Blake’s use of colour and lyrical shapes, when my partner came in and recited a poem of Blake’s she remembered from school more than 50 years ago. Two treats in one day … and soon a trip to Bunhill. Many thanks for sharing.

]]> By: joan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/28/william-blakes-songs-of-experience/#comment-75052 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:38:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=75624#comment-75052 I find it impossible to look at these without ‘hearing’ the wonderful Mike Westbrook jazz settings of Blake, especially of Holy Thursday.

My daughter and her class of fellow eleven year olds have recently been reading David Almond’s ‘My Name is Mina’ which is a prequel to his classic ‘Skellig’, both of them featuring something of Blake. This means that a whole new generation are being introduced to The Schoolboy. I took her up to Bunhill Fields in the half term holiday to see the Memorial and place some copper coins on it.

Many thanks for this,

Joan

]]> By: Margaret https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/28/william-blakes-songs-of-experience/#comment-75049 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:52:50 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=75624#comment-75049 Thank you for your very personal tribute to Blake and his influence on your life. A fitting complement to the pages you’ve shared with us these last two days.

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