Will Vigar (@willvigar.bsky.social)

Melancholia and the Janus Hue – Part One i ‘To attempt to write a guide to such an amorphous concept as melancholy is overwhelmingly impossible, such is the breadth and depth of the topic, the disciplinary territories, the disputes and the extensive creative outpourings. There is a tremendous…

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Melancholia and the Janus Hue – Part One i ‘To attempt to write a guide to such an amorphous concept as melancholy is overwhelmingly impossible, such is the breadth and depth of the topic, the disciplinary territories, the disputes and the extensive creative outpourings. There is a tremendous sense of the infinite, like staring at stars or at a roomful of files, a daunting multitude. The approach is, therefore, to adopt the notion of constellations and to plot various points and co - ordinates, a 'join - the - dots' approach to exploration which seeks new combinations and sometimes unexpected juxtapositions.’ (Bowring) … http://willvigar.net/2025/02/26/melancholia-and-the-janus-hue-part-one/