On Board

Spent a small but fruitful part of the day considering the mediaeval trope of the ship of fools, inspired by a question from Bernard. This involved discovering a image from Bosch I don't think I've seen before and an Auden poem, a late one I think, that I'd not read until today. Ironically I think I'd considered to be well-versed in both these great artists. Not well enough, obviously.

I did manage to half remember that Foucault has got a lot to say on the matter of said ship in Madness and Civilisation, which is sitting invitingly on the shelf behind me and which I really must encounter once more. Fair forward, voyagers!