Blessed are the ignorant;

                              for they know not what they do,

                              nor what is done to them.
 
 
 

     This piece is written completely in the authoritative, black, gothic script.  The "B" is capitalized and extremely ornamented in the style of medieval illuminated manuscripts.  Similarly the entire page follows this motif.  The poem is in the center of a decorated column. The design is, for the most part, a multi-colored mosaic design upon an arch supported by vine-covered columns.  However, the design is interupted by a venture into pop art in the center of the top of the arch.
    This brief statement seems to echo an oft quoted sentiment that ignorance is bliss and foreshadows the dialogue of the pages which follow. This page is a kind of link between the preceeding and following pages.  The meaning is that a total confrontation with reality without an idealism to fall back on leaves one without the drive and inspiration
to experience that reality to the fullest. Tyldsley apparently says one is better and more productive if one doesn't realize what is going on around him.
 

        The music playing is "Bourrée" from George Frederic Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks.  It can be found at  Jonathan Gustelle's Midi Page