Arrows of Love, band members, Nima singing and Nuha Ruby Ra (bass), obscured in the background; performing at O2 Academy2 Islington. Arrows of Love a London band, members include: Nima (guitar & vocals), Lyndsey Critchley (guitar & vocals), Ollie (guitar), Nuha Ruby Ra (bass), Mike (drums). Arrows of Love take the inspiration for their name from a line in William Blake's poem "Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion". Islington, London, UK, 28th of March 2012
Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion
Awake! Awake Jerusalem! O lovely Emanation of Albion
Awake and overspread all Nations as in Ancient Time
For lo: the Night of Death is past and the Eternal Day
Appears upon our Hills! Awake Jerusalem. and come away
So spake the Vision of Albion & in him so spake in my hearing
The Universal Father Then Albion stretchd his hand into Infinitude.
And took his Bow, Fourfold the Vision for bright beaming Urizen
Layd his hand on the South & took a breathing Bow of carved Gold
Luvah his hand stretch'd to the East & bore a Silver Bow bright shining
Tharmas Westward a Bow of Brass pure flaming richly wrought
Urthona Northward in thick storms a Bow of Iron terrible thundering
And the Bow is a Male & Female & the Quiver of the Arrows of Love.
Are the Children of this Bow: a Bow of Mercy & Loving-kindness: laying
Open the hidden Heart in Wars of mutual Benevolence Wars of Love
And the Hand of Man grasps firm between the Male & Female Loves
And he Clothed himself in Bow & Arrows in awful state Fourfold
In the midst of his Twenty-eight Cities each with his Bow breathing
William Blake (1804)
Date: 28/03/2012
Location: Islington, London, UK,
Photographer: Richard Keith Wolff
