Inspirational Thinkers: Charles Bukowski's Philosophy On Life... Be Real
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2023
- Charles Bukowski was a poet, writer, gambler, and drunk whose radically blunt style made him incredibly popular. Bukowski's life was rife with struggle, both external and internal, and his story is a refreshing account of a successful literary career outside of the highbrow literary culture. Charles Bukowski was the average man's poet, talking about the struggles of average life, the exhausting, tormenting realities of just trying to get by in this live. In this video, we hope to make a small contribution to the exploding coverage of his work, life, and philosophy. Let us know what you think!
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"The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them."
"You have to die a few times before you can really
“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.” Charles Bukowski
“Will you be them or will you be you” is so clear and powerful. Thank you for this video 😊
It's so good to see so many people tuning into Charles' smart but drunken mind. There is hope indeed...
I have a book of his short stories. Man what a mind that man had. Growing up my family struggled alot. Many of his stories hit home really hard. Ill tell you that man walked the walk and penned it so beautifully.
I read most of her poem and books, the best one was " find what you love and let it kill you" and that hits me .
Best breakdown of Bukowski ever. what you describe is why I love his work. I am a person who grew up seeing how terrible people are and that everyone will just go along. I used my status if elementary school kids have one, popularity, more fear because I fought kids all the time, fought my own friends to stop them from bullying other kids. Even back then it made me sick how a kid would get picked on and the other kids would take that as now it's our turn to pick on that kid. I had teachers physically assault me, to making up lies, me and my friend held the door on a teacher for a few seconds turned into we locked her in a closet, and we got in big trouble. You see how cowards can only play the victim and lie to win a situation. In 3rd grade the teachers called the cops on me for being a leader, "the other kids all follow you", well I'm older, due to having a birthday after the school year, not my fault you held me back when my birthday is only a few weeks after the school year starts. I recently ran into a middle school friend who reminded me of a situation with this teacher who picked on him relentlessly. The teacher brought in books and told us to come up and pick one, my friend went last, the teacher said I knew you'd pick that one, and I yelled "it was the only book left". As someone who stood against authority and bullying, you learn to live with the fact that you exist in a species of authority boot-licking cowards and bullies. You have to convince yourself to exist because if you don't that means nothing but cowards, bullies, and boot lickers are left. It feels great, while other people are like "I regret how I bullied", (added) "or not doing anything about it" I'm like I feel great about stopping kids from being bullied and making friends with them. These same people though are still bullying cowards to this day they just excuse it because they view adults differently than kids- because it's authorized of course.
You've not experienced Bukowski to the full until you hear his verse read by Tom O'Bedlam. Oh that's something else..
Charles is my favorite American poet. But I truly love the jazz piano you have playing in the background too.
The tears of life
incredible
I love the way you dig into the deeper message and, as you say “read between the lines”, of what Bukowski is saying. He was truly an outsider and his reality was reflected so perfectly in his writing. His ability to take the worst situations in life and turn them into funny, disturbing, and ultimately entertaining stories (and poetry no less), is amazing and encouraging.Great video!
I was an amateur writer, I to the Beats, Kerouac, corson, Ferlinghetti, etc. But when I discovered him because of the movie Factotum starring Matt Dillon. I stop being lyrical, I stop living in the abstract and academic. I was straight bones truth with the poetic twist because of my previous work. I learned how to right with a new hand. And I will always respect the for that. Also, Don't try, DO........................
Thanks guys.I like your stuff. Usually, I can't stand well educated idiots trying to explain Chinasky. I actually learnt something about him watching your video. I subscribed.
Nice scholarship from the black sparrow literature. You sound like a young man, and that is damn amazing.
I never knew you were out there. We know so little about who is out there. That our thoughts and feelings maybe replicating over and over again but yet we feel inwardly that we are adrift in a vast ocean with no land in sight. Be Real. Fight the good fight. Do it for your self preservation you are worth it and if not do it because you have no choice.
We have "to try and fight like hell".
There is nothing, no object including that “object” we call the entire universe outside of you. Awareness alone is real and you know the body in front of you don’t you? It’s inert and you’re sentient and completely free. Charles Bukowski wrote about free souls. Well this is how you too can be free because in reality you already are.