Let me have silence always … That is essential

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25th December 2023

Mr Wyndham Lewis as a Tyro 1920 – 1921

But let me have silence always, in the centre of the shouting—
That is essential! Let me have silence so that no pin may drop
And not be heard, and not a whisper escape us for all our spouting,
Nor the needle’s scratching upon this gramophone of a circular cosmic spot.
Hear me! Mark me! Learn me! Throw the mind’s ear open—
Shut up the mind’s eye—all will be music! What
Sculpture of sound cannot—what cannot as a fluid token
Words—that nothing else cannot!

verse iv from ‘The Song of the Militant Romance’ by Wyndham Lewis (1933)

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London-born English teacher, now living and working in Sai Gon, Viet Nam. I want to use this site to post lesson notes, extra work, helpful links as well as general notes about my time in SE Asia and Viet Nam. I also want to give real classroom experiences and how to deal with real classes of noisy, unmotivated and resistant students. Additionally, I'll be posting links to films, publishing plays and stories, and introducing friends who work in the arts.

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