SHEAVES OF AWEN

Words by Gwyneth Lewis on the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff : “the words suggest that the dome of the building is Ceridwen’s inverted cauldron, as if the gifts of awen were spilling over into the work of the resident artistic companies.” – Rowan Williams*

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*Introduction to The Book of Taliesin translated by Gwyneth Lewis and Rowan Williams (Penguin Classics, 2019)