​'Stanzas and Sketches: 2013.' ​  - Art Exhibition/Social Experiment
'The objective; to determine whether a viewer's reaction to a piece of writing was impacted more or less so, when accompanied by visual stimulus.
A selection of drawings, paintings and etchings inspired by my personally favourite teachings from wordsmith's of the past.'

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​     John Keats, 'To Hope', Stanzas 1 - 3. Ink and acrylic on paper.

'When by my solitary hearth I sit
When no fair dreams before my “mind’s eye” flit,
 And the bare heath of life presents no bloom;
   Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon me shed,
   And wave thy silver pinions o’er my head.'

 ​  'Whene’er I wander, at the fall of night,
  Where woven boughs shut out the moon’s bright ray,
  Should sad Despondency my musings fright,
  And frown, to drive fair Cheerfulness away,
      Peep with the moon-beams through the leafy roof,        
 And keep that fiend Despondence far aloof.'

'​Should Disappointment, parent of Despair,
Strive for her son to seize my careless heart;
 When, like a cloud, he sits upon the air,
        Preparing on his spell-bound prey to dart:        
Chase him away, sweet Hope, with visage bright,
And fright him as the morning frightens night!'

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