In Divine Images, Jude Rawlins has selected the poems that he considers to best illustrate his belief that Blake's words are... More > as vibrant and emotive today as when they were written two centuries ago. In his introduction he argues passionately for a renewed appreciation of Blake, the "visionary mystic", as the artist's artist, a man for whom self-expression and the divinity of love and art were more important than any material or intellectual pursuit. Rawlins draws a line in the sand between the academics' analyses of Blake, and those for whom Blake is the "patron saint" of the English Creative Tradition, an almost mythic hero who continues to inspire and inform artists to this day. < Less

A pocket collection of poems by English artist and rock singer Jude Rawlins.

In Divine Images, Jude Rawlins has selected the poems that he considers to best illustrate his belief that Blake’s words... More > are as vibrant and emotive today as when they were written two centuries ago. In his introduction he argues passionately for a renewed appreciation of Blake, the “visionary mystic”, as the artist’s artist, a man for whom self-expression and the divinity of love and art were more important than any material or intellectual pursuit. Rawlins draws a line in the sand between the academics’ analyses of Blake, and those for whom Blake is the “patron saint” of the English Creative Tradition, an almost mythic hero who continues to inspire and inform artists to this day. < Less

The collected writings of cult English artist and rock musician Jude Rawlins, including extensive liner notes and specially... More > written anecdotes and biographical details. < Less

A highly unusual existentialist essay on the nature of addiction. Jude Rawlins' extraordinary technique is to explore his... More > protagonist's inner demons through a narrative that may or may not be a ghost story or a dream. < Less