He was pretty much batshit insane.

If he was alive today he would be sharing "live life love" posters on pinterest. Run of the mill satanist/individualist/free love/"i'm a feminist" guy but with schizophrenia.

>>7335859
I don't know much about Blake, only that he promoted polyamory, but only with a single man and many female lovers.

>>7335859
Great drawings. Like the preternatural sense a lot of his works give. Not caring of most of his views.

The greatest thing he wrote was the Book of Urizen.

He was not mad because he saw things no one else did, he was totally aware that it was an insane experience to have that did not make him doubt his visions.

He was a great poet and a fascinating thinker. I think of him on a "thinker" level as Wilde in religious rhapsody.

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And note that I say "fascinating", not "sensible".

>>7335859
DO YOU SEE

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>>7335859
>What was the greatest thing he wrote?

>>7335859

Undoubtedly a genius, his engravings are incredible. They would be beautiful and extraordinary even in 1950, but coming from his 18th/19th century world they are baffling.

I'm not familiar with his poetry. Thomas Merton converted to Christianity as a result of reading it, and believed Blake to have a prophet-like status.

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>My nigga

Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience completely altered my view on poetry for the better...especially this particular piece

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"A truth that's told with bad intent,
beats all the lies that you can invent."

How do I get into his work?
I read that it represents a whole mythological world he made up, right?
Where should I start?

>>7337295
with the greeks

Does anyone know where to start reading Swedenborg with Blake and Kant in mind?