Malign forces indeed, Peter! I'm not sure what is happening of late, since
theYear's Turning something seems to have gone terribly, terribly wrong
somehow somewhere, not that there weren't things wrong before for sure, but
I get this continual impression that people are unloosing forces that they
do not comprehend, like, as it were, people casting spells they don't
understand. That magical simile applies to the very practicalities of our
lives, the attractions of power, in all walks of life, are overriding common
humanity. My own take on all this, in respect of writing poetry, is to
retire from doing so for the time being, I don't know what it is I'm dealing
with, and it seems to be coming from all sides, and the worst thing one can
do in such a situation is to attract attention to oneself. I see areas of
discourse that were previously untouched being destabilised by I don't know
what, I see status games everywhere, lies, lies and lies emitting from the
public mouth. Keep your head down, my voice says to me. I do plan a book of
previously written work for next month but no new writings will issue from
me till, till, till ....
I also plan on going on a retreat at a monastery at the month's end, just
for its metaphors of the sacred space.
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
Spectare's Web, A Chide's Alphabet
& Painting Without Numbers
http://www.chidesalphabet.org.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Philpott" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: Great Works website
Dear Patrick & all
Alarmed that the same malign forces that have been operating around
David's site were now unleashed against Great Works, I have just
checked, and I got through to "In the Present Historic"
unproblematically. It's not singled out on the homepage, but I have just
reached it through both the Quick Index and the Archive pages.
Let me know b/c if you still have problems - these here computer things
are trixy beasts, and odd things can definitely happen to your website
when you don't expect it. (I'll try accessing it from a variety of
machines at work tomorrow also.)
Can I use this to put in a reminder to BritPo listmembers that the next
instalment of Richard Makin's "Work in Process" will be on the site on
the 30th of the month (and thence at monthly intervals).
best wishes
Peter Philpott
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