autoritratto/ autocoscienza (self-portrait)

'and it may be that our present life, which we accept so readily, will in time seem strange, inconvenient, stupid, not clean enough, perhaps even sinful...' - anton chekhov

‘the work of art felt to me, at a certain point, like a possibility for meeting, like an invitation to participate, addressed by the artists to each of us. it seemed to be a gesture to which I could not respond in a professional manner.’ - carla lonzi

horsemouth read two articles yesterday - one a review of  the super 8 years (2022) an assembly of home movies by french autobiography queen annie ernaux and her son david ernaux-briot, the other a review of the work of feminist and art critic carla lonzi (though her main aim was to escape such categorisations). 

there was a recent book collecting lonzi's writings. horsemouth can't show you any of that book but he can show you some of this one. 

ernaux (but first her husband) with the super 8 movie camera (and later her son who directs the movie).

lonzi with her tape recorder. recording and cutting up the great and the good of art (autoritratto - self portrait) and then splitting from art in its entirety in a world of politics (autocoscienza - consciousness raising).  

horsemouth is up slightly later than usual (it's about 8am). it's another rainy grey day here in the shires (but it may clear up later). remind horsemouth to go and open up the abbey in a bit. he has his cup of coffee.

last night a documentary on syd barrett - poor syd, patron saint and poster boy for the crack up. such extraordinary beauty and talent. there's a bit, near the end, where like john clare, he walks back to oxford from london.