Artist Profile Series 25: William Blake
Episode 25 of the Makers & Mystics podcast, hosted by Stephen Roach, titled "Artist Profile Series 25: William Blake" was published on November 22, 2019 and runs 13 minutes.
November 22, 2019 ·13m · Makers & Mystics
Summary
William Blake was an English poet, printmaker and painter born November 28, 1757 in London, England. Today, he is considered one of the most important figures in English poetry and art, although during his lifetime, his work remained largely overlooked. His writings were spiritually and politically lethal and publishers shunned his works for fear of being accused of inciting insurrection. Contemporary poet and musician, Patti Smith heralded William Blake as the spiritual ancestor of generatio...
Episode Description
William Blake was an English poet, printmaker and painter born November 28, 1757 in London, England. Today, he is considered one of the most important figures in English poetry and art, although during his lifetime, his work remained largely overlooked. His writings were spiritually and politically lethal and publishers shunned his works for fear of being accused of inciting insurrection.
Contemporary poet and musician, Patti Smith heralded William Blake as the spiritual ancestor of generations of poets. William Blake fueled the creative fires of Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac, John Lennon, Bono and Jim Morrison who named the Doors after Blake’s verse, “If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite.”
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