Exceptional evening. "Divine Mysteries".William Blake at California Book Club in music set to visuals
Life is always a series of choices. I had a chance to hear a NYT Pulitzer prize winning journalist talk about corruption he has uncovered on his beat in Shanghai where I lived for three years, so I was tempted and even put down money for the invitation from the N California Asia Society, but my feet took me to the California Book Club, on Sutter, same building as World Affairs Council, for wine and cheese and then this extraordinary opportunity provided by the rare book antiquarian dealer John Windle here in SF. who specializes in Blake and has a Blake catalogue and gallery that is mind expanding. I was introduced , in person, to Blake's drawings at the Tate, while I was at Oxford; every time for the whole year, that I went into London which was about every 6-8 weeks, courtesy of my good English friend whose family lived in Sloane Square, where we stayed, I went to the Tate to see both the Turners and the William Blakes on rotation. Charles Daniels was the brilliant ten...