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Ryan, 9, describing 'Vexilla Regis', 1948, by David Jones


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And then there's this big huge painting of like a deep dark forest and the colours are all dull and you can look at the flowers, just at the bottom and they are all dead and in the sky looks like there's a mist, looks like a forgotten world. Forgotten, no-one needs any more, no-one wants. It's like a dark forest with ancient creatures. I think the person who painted this must have had a dream or something. Mist in the sky, full moon, the burning sun and the dead flowers and in the distance there is a little animal. I'm not sure if it’s a deer, I'm going to have a closer look now. Looks like a unicorn and it looks like no-one wants to live there any more, no-one wants to explore.