![]() A tear is an intellectual thing – as William Blake once wrote. ![]() While I am working on a portrait of a nation in tears, Clare has, during her residency here, made a portrait of a research centre in tears, even a university in tears – as well as a portrait of water in the natural world – rain, streams, and glaciers.Īnd it is this duality that I think is so fascinating when it comes to tears as subjects for historical research. In these few comments this evening – offered in between two of the gripping and mesmerizing ‘Compass Me’ films – I will think briefly about three aspects of tears – vision, connection, and pain. ![]() He has previously presented a BBC Radio 3 feature on the cultural history of weeping.Ĭlare Whistler’s residency at the Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions was timed to coincide with the completion of my current book project – Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears. ![]() ![]() This blog post is the text of a talk he gave at the ‘Vessels of Tears’ event, curated by Leverhulme Artist in Residence Clare Whistler on. Dr Thomas Dixon is Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. ![]()
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