Campbell, Ken: Tilt: the black flagged streets "‘Tilt’ was the widest-cast net so far, bringing the most disparate things together. I wrote a poem called ‘Storm Song’ in Canada in 1981. I also had in mind the vertiginous steps of flagstones up to the old cathedral at Whitby and the black flag of anarchy and disturbance. I had found some old mounted lino blocks which were random-sized squares, black flags of different sizes, and some Albertus type, rather beaten up.
While in Zürich I walked into the Museum Rietberg and up to a statue of Shiva, with limbs hanging out in funny angles, and lightning in his/her hair, all in a big wheel of fire. I can remember the statue saying to me, ‘I’m coming into your book.’ I thought, what the hell has Shiva got to do with this book about a ‘Storm Song’ and the Whitby steps and black flags? And I thought, well, I’ll do as I’m told, as ever. en., letterpress, lino blocks, zinc blocks, metallic dusting, printed slipcase, 62p, 12 x 9 inch, Ed. of 80, num., sign., London, 1988 Request of availability backnext