I really liked this article and it made me regard William Blake with more appreciation. There are three major things that are important to me: first, that Blake reinvented the technology of publishing to eliminate dependence on a large enterprise. "The new technique gave Blake full creative freedom and full control of production. Suddenly, he could combine text and image on a single page, in a single process." Second, that Blake funded himself. "It was enough for him that a handful of devoted fans became his collectors and commissioned work he was inspired to make." Sure, he died a pauper. But who cares, when he had a life free to create as he wished? And anyhow, third, "Your politics are not what you tell yourself you believe. They are not the set of ideas that you identify with, or look to for personal validation of your goodness as a human being. Your politics are expressed in the choices that you make, the way you treat other people, and the actions you perform." Via Alan Levine.
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