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William Blake Poet, Artist, Visionary

Single-handedly given credit for ending an era and influencing Romanticism Is considered a poet, painter, and engraver (often all 3 were in one book)

Philosophy Our way of life is founded on mistaken beliefs, leading to war and poverty We only know a small part of our reality through our 5 senses We must learn to trust our instincts/intuitions, energies, and imaginations **Blake felt that we only concern ourselves with scientific truths and materialistic values**

Poet of Contrary? Called “mad” = later declared a genius Worked tediously by hand=industrial revolution Emotional=age of reason Simple theme=ornate styles

Major works Songs of Innocence Songs of Experience **Companion volumes showing “2 contrary states of human experience.”

Innocence Joy, spontaneity, and oblivious to evil May discuss evil but not aware of its existence

Experience Destruction of the state of innocence because it leads to awareness of evil and ugliness (not all doom and gloom, though) Blake NEVER meant to suggest that one was better than the other. Rather BOTH are necessary to reach a third, optimal state

Organized Innocence An existence based on knowledge of contraries and happiness “Without contraries there can be no progression” **Must pass through both innocence and experience to arrive at an existence based on knowledge and happiness.

“Without contraries there can be no progression” What does this mean???