Don't Try - The Philosophy of Charles Bukowski
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"If you have to try to try, then maybe you don't care about it."
Well put.
Don't try to care, don't try to want.
If you feel that you should care, or want-then it is revealed-that you neither care nor want.
I didn't try... now I'm stuck in bed all day and night
Yea , instead they teach us some poems about the beauty of birds and say that we should remember it word by word. What is the point?
Yeah but this isn't at all the real message of don't try. He completely misinterpreted it. He first saw it and found it upsetting, so he overcompensated by applying the first logical explanation he could. It's much more about flow state and religious themes like "lean not on your own understanding".
Or it may well be just an excuse you make and now you're fully justifying it because the great Charles Bukowski said so.
”If you find yourself wanting something month after month, year after year, yet nothing happens and you never come any closer to it, then maybe what you actually want is a fantasy, an idealization, a false promise. Maybe what you want isn’t what you want, you just enjoy wanting.”
Ghebrehiwet mark Manson?
All philosophy is imaginary ghost
Uma Siv Please explain
@@umasiv7618 quite the contrary
Well hot damn
This reminds me of Kiki’s Delivery Service when Ursula said
“Stop trying. Take long walks. Look at scenery. Doze off at noon. Don’t even think about flying. And then, pretty soon, you’ll be flying again.”
I wonder if this is really what Burkowsky meant.
Exactly
Yoda too
@@huckhughes3704 if going to try, you are. Go ALL the way, you must.
“The man who sleeps on the floor can’t fall out of bed” ~Martin Payne
Luke cage
Omf hahahah
"The man who shits on the floor can't fall off the toilet". Anal Pain.
"The man who sleeps on the floor must realize he is sleeping on someone's ceiling." - Martin Payne's downstairs neighbor
“Find what you love and let it kill you” -Charles Bukowski
oh shit i dont wanna die of Aids
@@your_fathers You love Aids?
it did
@@valdemar4659 no i love 4chan ♿♿♿♿♿♿♿♿♿
- Michael Scott
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
- Charles Bukowski
Well put
go crazy, go stupid, aHHaaAHaaH, go crazy
That’s one of my all time favorite quotes👍
@@evanabbott2737 can anyone please explain?
Aboha Molla Aboha Molla it means to embrace yourself. Your true self. Don’t conform into what the world wants you to be. Don’t worry about the judgement of others. Let your individuality shine even it you seem crazy to others. Because depriving yourself of what you truly want will always lead to a miserable life.
He didn’t ‘try’ to be a writer...he allowed himself to be a writer
Do people know the secrets of your rockets and what you do.
Michael Quinn called u snakes out
Well he shouldn’t have
@@JohnBrown722so I do
He didn't choose poetry. Poetry chose him. Any artists, musicians, and writers know what that sentence means. The further you try to get away from who you really are, the more you suffer.
He really reminds me of Nietzsche, suffering immensely at an early age, suffering through intense medical conditions later in life, and having your work be lately appreciated.
Excep poor Nierzsche never got any results in life at all.
@@30035XD He got Syphilis, thats something!
@@30035XD The fact that we're talking about Nietzsche proves you wrong. Otherwise you would be asking, "Who's Nietzsche?".
@@Baalaaxa I said IN LIFE, you dum dum.
@@BaalaaxaI think what he meant was Neitzhe got recognition only after his death
"If the thought of life without it or never having tried it at all, terrifies you, then it is here." Do try it, and go all the way till the end.
Well said.
This one got my attention too:)
@Intelligently Stoopid does it terrify you that you haven't done that?
@Intelligently Stoopid In the darkest of times, listen to Anal beads by Pinkguy, it will help you
That's almost a Marcus Arelius quote
This. Hear, hear!! ✌🙏💯
If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.
~ bukowski
The damage is already done
@Nag Dasty what? who? You, or Bukowski? :D
Clap your hands! If your loosing your soul and you know it, clap your hands
Idiotic comment
oh this made cry.
idk why I felt like crying at the end. up until a few months ago i didn't feel like I had any purpose in life but now I've started preparing for this exam to be in the civil services. i want to go all in, it's better than to regret it later in my life. I'm writing this comment to be a memento for the future, maybe one day I'll come back to this and edit this.
how was your exam bro?
what happened
How is ur preparation
Good luck dude
@@bodhisuryana2447 he must of bombed it.
“I don’t need luck Gunther, it only gets in my way.” - Kick Buttowski
so you're telling me this dudes name was kick buttowski?
@@nadiyaafsheen667 kick buttowski is animation series.
"Beauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. You don’t know how lucky you are to be ugly, because if people like you, you know it’s for something else." - Charles Bukowski
Haa something my mom always told me
@@Emgreen19 yo Momma drax
The “if” in here is incredibly important.
@@shahsadsaadu5817 draxx them sklounst?
Hmmm but mutual aid isn't bad though
"I don't hate people. I just feel better when they aren't around", Charles bukowski.
That resonates with me.
Me too
yes
It's the opposite for me. Sometimes i enjoy being around people but deep inside i hate most people
@@imaginarychip4916
Hear you.
Do you feel like you switch gears or something?
I generally prefer being alone, but sometimes when I find myself around a decent/interesting enough group of people, I flip some internal switch and suddenly become an extrovert "life of the party" type.
I love his headstone because, just like I'm sure he thought would happen, ppl completely misunderstand it. Bukowski never tried to do any of the things he did. He never tried he just did it. Because he was doing what he wanted. He was trying to do anything, be anyone, or accomplish any feat. He wrote for the sake of writing and for the sake of saying what he really felt and thought. Yes, he sent out his works and writing but if it didn't work out he didn't give a flying fuck. He wrote because he couldn't help but write. The years he didn't write he damn near killed himself. When he spent the rest of his days always writing, he survived one of the most severe cases of alcoholism in the art world. Because art is the oil the burns within us to constantly drive the artist towards his unknown destination. Bukowski never convinced himself that he was less than if he didn't achieve some sort of arbitrary societal status because that's who he was. A blue collar grunt, who lived his life based on the reality at hand and nothing else, no delusions and no selfish desires, just unapologetically himself, and fortunately for us he decided to share what he wrote because why the fuck not. I love that the creator of this video understood what he really meant and was really all about. Phenomenal piece, my friend!
Remember my brothers and sisters,
Don't try.
Do.
Nike
Just Be Yourself. Just DO without Attachment to the results. If you are self obligated, driven, & obsessed with this birthing & creative process, then it is what you should Be & DO.
///
UNLIKE THE ALL OR NOTHING OF OLYMPIC GOLD, YOUR EFFORTS ARE FOR YOURSELF. ANYTHING ELSE IS FATE.
Thanks. This is the best explanation I could find.
It's crazy that so many great artist find success when they already "old" or after their life. It's like we think we have to be something or someone in our early twenties. And if we're "nothing" or we didn't achieve what we wanted, we are a failure. We think our life is over when we're older, so we try hard and work harder when we're younger. It's crazy that we have to choose who we are going to be by 18, as in, what's going to be my future job and life. And after college or when we get a stable job in our late 20's we believe we're done, we figured it all out. We usually give up our dreams by then, because we're too old or it's too late or we should focus on different things like marriage, family etc. What I'm trying to say is, do what you love you're never too old. And even if it feels like nobody is appreciates your work, some day someone will.
Thank you.
To add to your point, the expectation to choose what to dedicate our lives to without any real life experience. Then to submit our identity to that thing. It’s a trap! Some peak at 15, others peak at 50. I love to see older folks who have kept their child like ambitions and curiosities alive.
@@ramenaddict1676 Media, particularly in North America, love to hyperfocus on the "outliers", whether precocious kids, oddball actors, athletes who seemingly have superpowers, the highschool geek who becomes one of the richest men in the world, or Oprah. Why? The obvious answer is that most media is commercial, and therefore it must attract as wide an audience as it can to serve up to advertisers, and any emotionally-charged variation on the freakshow theme will generally serve to do this. But I also think it goes beyond the commercial to the cultural. People seem to want visual media to alternately attract and repel them; the audience wants to both identify with and reject who and what they are seeing, to have their prejudices challenged and confirmed at the same time. It's hard for me to not see this as a type of psychological straight-jacket, as it would appear to make real growth or insight on the part of the audience next to impossible. I think The Sopranos is an excellent example of utterly brilliant social commentary that is missed by most of the audience because they are transfixed on individual characters, often to the point of taking on the speech patterns of one of the characters in their own life (I've actually seen adults do this), even if they've never even been to New Jersey, and even if they would never engage in criminal behaviour themselves.
I think whether he had any success the writing got it out of his brain. I like his pessimistic persistence..he just kept doing it..
@@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry I've actually have taken speech patterns or accents from fictional characters to movies or TV shows, or literally change my personality to a fictional character I enjoy, I'm not sure if their is a name for this, anyways I've seen other people also experiencing this at a young age, but when i got older and older My personality started to grow still, it doesn't change regardless of how I love a character;cause usually it would feel natural but then it just became forced if u know what u mean
"This comment section needs to chill with their quotes." - Albert Einstein
😂 😂 Haha
Yowza.
"lol true" - Aristotle
"ikr"
- Shakespeare
@@sujitraikwar2149 IKR
- Alexander
“Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it along the way.” - Michael G. Scott
This the quote that summarize my actions and my life as a whole
Sounds like something Winnie the Pooh would say lol
Amazing
Where would dunder mifflin be without Mike
yes
This is honestly the best piece of advice that one could ever hear. Don’t try. Just be. Just live.
"and when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. what do you call it, freedom or loneliness?"
-charles bukowski
I call it a lot of time without distraction to work hard & harder.
Someone once said “I call it freedom in the morning and loneliness at night” . And I think that describes it perfectly!
@@yahyaabulhaj6840 I think its great to have so much dedication but a lot of people work harder & harder to realize that they maybe now have earned money but are still alone
@@gggallin8279 Who needs anything but the essentials really? Dependency is simply the return of childhood instincts as one ages on.
Both
It’s sad that we don’t teach these types of things to kids
The education system in are world right now is designed to make workers not free thinkers
Shaquille Biffee that’s a pretty fucked up oo la la
@@sophiisherman7463 and *Shaquille Biffee* lol, I like to watch rick and morty too!
We kinda do, ....we teach that meaningless pain is good for business, lol!
But isn't it much more amazing that this is available to ANYBODY everywhere in the world for free?? But you right, this particular topic is exactly what should be tought at school.
Man has two lives that he lives...
the second one begins the moment he realizes
hes only got one.
~Alan Watts
I think it's originally by Confucius, though.
This is why music never became more than a hobby. I simply didn’t want to live the existence of a struggling musician enough to try to make it happen.
it might sound like a cope but "making it" in the music industry relies a lot on luck and being at the right place at the right time which I've always firmly believed in. it shouldn't of course put people off trying to begin with but for many musicians out there, regardless of their talent, they will never make it big.
“How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?" -Charles Bukowski
Yeah I never liked that idea. That's why I rebelled against it. And now I'm my own boss.
Darryl Shack Unfortunately, the perfect mode is inverse. And it doesn’t exist. If it were closer to perfect: we would all be born rich, and everyone would have less money as we age. Who needs a million when their 90. Just give me a cat
@@hero.ambition how, share with us your experience
@@AN-xs4mw who the hell would want to live to 90? In today's society that's 25 years of deaths waiting room, aka a nursing home, retirement village, whatever your colloquial name for it is those places are so depressing, the patients are mostly catatonic.
@@hero.ambition Yeah but that's not enough. Everyone can not be their own boss, at least not all the time. So it either becomes a struggle for the scraps or a fight to climb the one or a few ladders or we can start treating each other the way we would like to be treated ourselves. So when you hire your first worker, try to find someone that likes doing the job and whom you can speak to openly and who can speak with you openly, preferably someone local so they don't have to drive through traffic too long :)
“If you’re going to try, go all the way.”
- Charles Bukowski
Sounds like general advice about anal.
Could somebody please explain me, isn't it contradictory to the idea of "don't try", of letting it flow naturally?
@@amaanpatel9889 This is what I want to understand too...I'm 18 and understanding this would be really helpful to figure out what I wanna do...
minou I've thought bout this quite a bit. I have come to the conclusion that if you decide to take on a task, finish it. Even if it becomes unpleasant afterwards.
@@amaanpatel9889 more general advice about anal...
I discovered Bukowski's poetry when I was a teenager. I was browsing in a bookstore one day, and I decided to pick up one of his books. I was amused with the boldness of his words. He could write about something embarrassing in his life and not seem to care how his audience would judge him. I didn't like poetry at the time, but I liked his poetry because it was something that I could relate to. I was even inspired to write my own poetry. Thank you for your work, Mr. Bukowski.
You've created something truly special with this channel man. Please stay true to what you're doing and your vision and don't sell out.
"If the thoughts of not doing the thing hurts more than potentially suffering through the process"-- bukowski. That hit like a nail in the head
Same here.
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
- Aristotle
I've read this in subtle art of not giving a fuck
Sententiae antiquiae, apocryphal
What does this even mean?
@@lorddosuniversos without emotional judgments, form your opinions. consider and evaluate arguments, both for and against, in every discussion.
@@mikehunt6946 Better than just blindly agreeing with whatever thought leader “x” says. That’s what a lot of people do.
I have watched this video countless times at this point. The first time I watched it I didn't know about Charles nor his work and I didn't understand him, but now I have read alot of his work. Charles is now a great inspiration for me, both in daily life and in my creative thoughts. Everytime I feel stuck, down or creatively broken, I come back to him.
The more I dwell on his philosophies, the more I feel the jigsaw pieces of my brain falling into place. Charles was and still is, a gift.
There were so many intellectuals/artists that didn’t get recognition until their later years or after their death
Or none at all...
"We don't even ask happiness, just a little less pain."
Hurt souls don't hurt souls.
Reminded of the quote (from Barfly):
"This is a world where everybody’s got to do something. You know, somebody laid down this rule that everybody’s got to do something. They got to be something. You know, a dentist, a fighter pilot, a narc, a janitor, a preacher, all that. Sometimes I just get tired of thinking of all the things I don’t want to do. All the things that I don’t want to be."
Everybody is taking everything way too serious... like if there is some goal at the end waiting for you with a big fat prize or whatever... but there is just death and that's wonderful. Imagine a world where everybody has to live his life forever and ever... that would be a real nightmare. At some point I will die, what could be better?
@@madmaximum875 i guess, i mean living forever would be quite interesting, although boring or stressful at times.
@Intelligently Stoopid im sure the majority of people think of the future, whether they show it or not. Perception can be deceiving. But who knows, maybe you're right.
@Intelligently Stoopid You have a point. Maybe some people are in denial that what they do today will affect tomorrow. They just hope and assume that everything will be alright in the end.
@@nixpaFPS And pretty fucked up considering the inevitable collapse of human civilization, especially if it's not a result of our own undoing and is brought about by something such as the eventual death of our sun. Find myself thinking about that quite a bit, how detached people are from the fact of our unavoidable demise; though we may not be the ones to witness it, at some point, there will be humans faced with that situation. One of the strongest arguments in support of anti-natalism, perhaps.
His words, hw can i describe it, the way he wrote. It brings joy to the heart and at the same time brings chills down the spine.
Somehow found this video after feeling like I’m wasting my life. Never felt more motivated to keep going through the struggles. It’s strange how sometimes when you’re searching for answers they just come to you!
Philosophy should be taught more in high school. There aren’t enough deep thinkers anymore. Everybody performs mindless tasks thinking they will benefit their futures when really it’s just another a cycle of performing dreadful tasks until you retire, then ultimately die after not living your ideal life. The time on earth you have is a beautiful gift that’s wrapped in dog shit. Life has great potential but naturally it sucks ass, and it’s those who think whether or not they’ll be happy following their current path that truly realize they need a change.
I'm about to graduate high school, your comment is exactly what I've been thinking these whole days, it's so strange. I share your point of view and opinion, they should implement philosophy all three years in high school, I only got it for 6 months, fucking loved it, I hate school, but philosophy made me love going to school Tuesdays and Fridays. Changed me a lot, and i got mad at my classmates when they would trash philosophy saying it's boring and makes them go to sleep, they even made fun of the nice and pacient teacher with cute sweaters that would teach us philosophy. Bunch of assholes.
Toasted Metal Dude I wish I had a philosophy class, rather I was taught about different clouds and ancient Chinese wars.
P.s. I graduated this year to cheers 🥂 to you bro
High school is the epitomy of indoctrination.. THE PURPOSE OF HIGH SCHOOL IS TO TRAIN THE SUBJECT TO OBEY AUTHORITIES..THE OPPOSITE OF CRITICAL THINKING.. Like that fucking author says, YOU JUST ENJOY WANTING SOMETHING..YOU DON'T REALLY WANT IT!
@@bjc215 das it mane... u eva find owt y then let us know
Alot of people live unfulfilling lives including people in my family some people in my family are happy some arent Im sitting here looking over the edge of insanity waiting to fall in and have fun
As a wannabe writer currently slaving for the post office, this was an inspiring watch.
keep your dream alive!
Good luck
Time traveler?
Never give up, keep doing what you love.
@Intelligently Stoopid We're all on our way to something, friend.
"Do or do not.
There's no try.
May the force be with you."
- Charles Bukowski
All the way go, if trying you are going to"
-Master Yoda.
“We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that death trembles to take us”
-Charles bukowski
I'm taking his "Don't try" as in dont force. Life flows... Go with it or life will leave you behind
Wu-wei
I think he would have embraced being left behind because then you get to be you and to explore/accept even the seemingly negative slow and inert parts. If you do this with compassion to self and others, it can be a rare art.
@@chrisjefferis1930 youre trying too hard
Daniel Wolf always. That’s why it resonates.
@@danielwolf3171 No, you are
"If you are afraid, don't do it. If you are doing it, do not be afraid." - Genghis Khan
This quote just made me make a decision
I don't like this quote.. really depends
I'm gonna take advice off a fake quote from Genghis fucking Khan?
Bad advice. My social anxiety would be a demon rn if i didnt work against it despite my fears.
belu irina it means if you’re going to do something do it properly or don’t do it at all, do it with confidence, without fear
Post office is one of the greatest books ever. It's amazing that he almost gave up. What a writer. Great video. Fantastic message.
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take -Wayne Gretzky" -Michael Scott”
"When it comes to achieving out goals, our failures are nothing more than success in progress."
-Tanveer Naseer
Kat This is probably the most said thing in history of optimism. Millions of people said it, everyone just a little different. It is supposed to posses some sort of intrinsik value or logic. Yet to some of us, it is rather meaningless. I am sorry.
or our successes are dumb luck simply with a large enough data set. How many have tried and failed only to die a failure?
Most will not make it without intelligence and hard work, but that doesnt mean intelligent hard working people will all make it.
Im a success in process 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow people just want to be angry and can't let otter people who fucking struggle everiday with lack of motivation and depression like me try to be positive. Thanks for that quote I really appreciated
@@vlackrock XD thanks, and no problem
My favorite Bukowski quote is "Find what you love, and let it kill you."
Edit: It's come to my attention that this was not Bukowski. The quote comes from Kinky Friedman, an American singer/songwriter, and is often misattributed to Bukowski. That's my mistake, but rather than delete the quote I'm leaving it up because it's still profound.
I have so many things I love... Too many things... Don't know which to do, so I do none... And then I watch something like this and know that I AM on the correct path...
What does that mean exactly?
Nnyboy64
Heroin
@@subatomicparticle I always took it to mean "find something that you're passionate about and put all of yourself into it".
@@sonarbuge7958 that's dark...my thoughts also went to addiction, but was caused it was lack of love.
You deserve every single subscriber. Your videos are phenomenal. I sincerely appreciate the work that you do on an ever so tough platform.
The Video is so so well written and edited. The script was so crisp and of course Watching such A Peak Human Being's Story in a Flash makes you relate to life, reality and dreams. I guess needed that pat back, to continue and keep pursuing Life.
“It’s better to poop in the sink than to sink in the poop” - George washing probably
amazing quote...
What is George washing?
@@katjakaski6804 Probably
🤣🤣
@@mackenziemarden451 sink ig
I once got a big artistic opportunity and realised I didn't want it. So I let it go. Getting there was all I needed. Sometimes we're just meant to chase the car, not catch it. I surprised myself with how quickly I came to that realisation. I have zero regrets.
Chasing the car gives you drive. It gives you a reason to wake up, to continue. It motivates you. But, if you catch the car. Then, what happens?
Romancing bs isn't that deep.
@@thisgame2 you seem sad
Wow I’ve said the fun is in the chase but I was referring to relationships.
Never thought about this where I start something and lose interest so I stop 🤷🏽♀️
@@masonthewalker Then you go chase a plane. It's the ride that matters, not the destination. And we're perpetually along for the ride - until we cease to exist.
I come back to this video occasionally, it’s jarring how well it articulates passion.
This is the message I so needed to hear right now. Thanks Chuck.
He is so fascinating as a person. He's a bad influence and an inspiration. Was a horrible drunk yet had great devotion to his craft. He had a nasty attitude yet was so sweet and charming. I genuinely feel sorry for him, and yet at the same time, somehow all of it cracks me up. Love him.
musicisbrilliant Then why is your thumbnail a picture of Jim Morrison?
@@ToddtheExploder Yeah Jim was pretty similar I guess in ways. I love them both. Though both had demons.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
exactly! I always thought the same, but on my teens i avoided talking about him since he was abusive to his multiple SO and my inner circle was composed by radical feminists that didn't quite enjoy debating lol. But like, hes like the biggest son of a bitch, a douche without a doubt but then he was soo passionate about everything in life. He literally fascinates me, one of the things that i really enjoyed diving into was his love life. Man...sometimes, just as himself, i really question if he ever truly loved someone.
If it fascinates you, you don’t get it.
“Don’t try” is an ancient wisdom going back 5000 years in Taoism, but is also at the very core of all world religious and wisdom traditions. If you are “trying” or perhaps “efforting,” then you are opposing your own effortless nature. Instead of trying, just follow what draws you, effortlessly and prolifically😊
"Consider the lilies of the field ... "
nozecone :)
Thanks
If everything is pointless...
why does magnitude exist?
You experience your life, you are doing random stuff. That is the magnitude of your life. Why does it exist?
Because nothing matters?
"Don't try" is an ancient wisdom going back to days of the Lion King, when Hakuna Matata was the problem-free philosophy.
I rewatch this video every now and then when im feeling down.
That quote with under thenfinger nails really gave me shivers. I know exactly what the man meant. Beautiful video. Thank you
This video just got me crying at the realization that I've spent the past 4 years of some of the most influential years of my life stressing out about trying to become a software engineer and it's something that I struggle to find the desire to actually do.
Me too I wasted my three years in nursing school. Now I have developed anxiety and depression. I didn't learn anything I was just doing it bcz I was supposed to do something after school. Bcz of anxiety I can't go out and risk others life I know I will mess up everything. Staying at home being depressed that I wasted so much time and money yet I won't be getting any results. 😶
@@sm.663 you're still so young and you may not realise it now but you haven't wasted your entire life for this. There si still a huge amount of time to descover what you like. It will be tougher at the beggining when you have to struggle for a while with more aspects but you cannot just give up and do nothing just because of that. Life goes on no matter what. Its up to you to decide and do something even if its not the right thing to do at first. You will find your way for sure. Ive been in a similar situation as you so im trying to give a hopeful comment.
What DO you want to do?
Then you're just in the process of realising that you're a free young person. Just don't sob in it. Won't help a bit. Keep it simple. Do something that you enjoy instead and fuck the prestige of doing something that corrupt ideals of Western society tells you to do. Keep in mind that society often time equals the people that surround you. Fact is most people are heavily unenlightened when it comes to finding their true purpose but that wont stop them from having opinions.
You haven't really wasted those 3 years , in fact you have invested those 3 years to find out what you don't want to do - so it's not a complete loss
“Isolation is a gift.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation
@@SuperGreatSphinx thank you for this gift
You think? Maybe, makes you strong as hell, that’s for sure.
Says no isolated person ever
Say that again now
It’s don’t try , it’s go-- it’s go all the way. When you do , you haven’t tried--you’ve gone.
You’ve gone all the way
This is the best CZcams video on the philosophical philosophy of such an incredible person.
"Don't try, if it doesn't come easily. But if it comes easily, give it all you got."
Geeez. That's so much better than what I was told growing up 🙏👍
If it doesn't come easily, maybe ask yourself why first.
@@gardenlover9663 oooh thats going to help me complete the prerequisite to learning something faster
It's not actually great advice tho
That might be the best advice I’ve ever read.
@@sozeytozey that depends on how you interpret it
I'd like to see Bukowski played by Willem Defoe.
rex mundi he’s too short to play him but obviously camera tricks exist
Willem needs a decent role...
Whoe, YEAH.
@@salty2667 He just got the lighthouse and in 2017 (I believe) The Florida Project. Looking forward to what he does next
Mickey Rourke did a pretty good job in "barfly" if you haven't seen it
Chills down my arms and tears in my eyes.
Great vid, cheers
Charles Bukowski is one of my favorite writer 🧡 his works helped me tolerate this intolerable world we live in.
"Get out of the internet and get a job."
My mom
To me is
Myself
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂
Smart lady lol
Person who want to be a web designer: 👁️👄👁️
It’s so overwhelmingly scary because on one hand, what you want can feel so far away. But on the other hand, the thought of knowing I didn’t try my hardest, or just never doing what I love again is infinitely more frightening
An irony isnt it?
i don't feel anxious anymore. thank you.
Reminds me of my favorite poem of his "air and light and time and space"
”- you know, I’ve either had a family, a job,
something has always been in the
way
but now
I’ve sold my house, I’ve found this
place, a large studio, you should see the space and
the light.
for the first time in my life I’m going to have
a place and the time to
create.”
no baby, if you’re going to create
you’re going to create whether you work 16 hours a day in a coal mine
or
you’re going to create in a small room with 3 children
while you’re on
welfare,
you’re going to create with part of your mind and your
body blown
away,
you’re going to create blind
crippled
demented,
you’re going to create with a cat crawling up your
back while
the whole city trembles in earthquake, bombardment,
flood and fire.
baby, air and light and time and space
have nothing to do with it
and don’t create anything
except maybe a longer life to find
new excuses
for.
~ Charles Bukowski, from The Last Night of the Earth Poems
Just read "The last Night of the earth". So true...
in a world where everything is a matter of business, people lost the ability to do something for a reason other than money
@Enlightened ☀️ If you're lucky enough
Boyka! Boyka! Boyka!
:/
They have not lost the ability, they have been forced by modern society into mindsets that only care about money. Because that's how an oligarchy makes willing slaves.
One can decide to live for more important things, I did. And I'm broke but content. I worked for money as my primary motivation for nearly 20 years in a miserable profession. I've done many jobs since I left that life, don't regret my decision for a minute.
Man, this resonated heavily with me. I've spent the last 10 years getting my bachelors degree in teaching. Along the way I've struggled with terrible working environments and schedules, toxic family members trying to (and succeeding) in conning me out of tens of thousands of dollars. A lot of times I wanted to quit due to just how hard the process was. But here I am, 2 semesters away from getting my teaching license. It's exciting to see the end of the hardship so close.
Good luck 💜
well done you. ....teach truth... fast becoming the trickiest job in the world. heart and mind. you go, warrior! ,
Congratz buddy, keep on going, never give up
Jez... You can get a teaching degree in one year here.
17 plus years the (tefl) teacher, still at it. I know where you are coming from.
As someone who had acne from age 13 to 29, I can relate. When everyday you wake up and have to go out into the world covered in red bumps and acne, it destroys your self confidence. Especially considering I obsessively tried all types of skincare medications. I would religiously clean my face and use creams and ointments and still had acne. It made me feel hopeless. I knew it was just a physical appearance thing and other people have it worse but when you see the outside of yourself as ugly or dirty, the inside catches up. Luckily, after getting onto Adapalene gel, my acne is almost no existent but the thought patterns and behaviors still linger. Not being cocky but I am considered “handsome and look good”, this is what friends and women have told me but I am still programmed with an inherent insecurity that stops me from pursuing or accepting advances of the opposite sex.
I can absolutely understand where you are coming from, I used to in the mirror and want to smash it to pieces, people are so judgemental and cruel and never look inside a person ♥️I hope you are now happy and content with yourself, finally in my 60's I finally love ME♥️💯💯🍻
When I finally gave up hope fighting my acne I just stopped all skincare just went full caveman mode, within a week my acne was almost gone after struggling for years.
Years later it made a resurgence but once I cleaned my diet and began intermittent fasting it never came back again.
Less is more.
@@ItsAllGoodGames agree, sorting out the diet goes a long way. No potions or creams will help.
@@ItsAllGoodGamesyep
♥️♥️♥️ I’ve often got stuck in my life on “don’t try” a la Buck’s epitaph. But I love your interpretation - it could actually be a lifesaver!
Cheers dude.
"Don't try." I've spent a lifetime learning this, and I'm still learning. Sometimes just sitting and waiting is the best thing you can do.
Ive been doing this for the past 7 months, not sure what im sitting and waiting for...
@@shall2387 That's what the Buddha did - just sat and waited. And the rest is legend. Maybe your story won't be legend. Maybe mine won't be legend either. All we can do is wait and see.
That's literally the worst advice. All homeless people do is sit there. You might as well just be a begger on the street corner sit and wait for someone to give you their spare change
@@adamclark9004 The word is spelled "beggar," not "begger." Do you think you are superior to beggars? :) Maybe God decided you are not capable of surviving a life as a beggar.
Bukowski was only referring to writing, not staying in bed for life struggling to put your undies on.
I was at a meditation camp once. I found it very hard to focus on my breath, day after day I tried but failed, finally I got tired of trying and gave up mentally while still sitting in my meditation posture and at that moment I found the stillness I was looking for.
Magick is the manifestations of your wants and desires while pretending you dont care and forgetting you want them
Yeah that's exactly what I think he meant by saying this, when you try too hard it usually gets out of control but when you let it go and do it naturally without any expectations you will create beautiful things
“don’t think, feel”
okay if your looking for psychological emptiness. Its called being relaxed. Hardly profound. Better try and fill that void with value, not numbness.
@Andai fair enough mate.
Having a tough childhood too helps me to relate to him on a different level. My whole life was mostly tragic but filled with my passion. As a child I witnessed violence at home on a regular basis and to distract me I played videogames, a lot of them and was always interested in making them or just edit stuff or texture,making levels etc and whenever I had time, I worked on Gamedesign but with low success and last month I again started the idea for a game I wanted to mod and it brings me pure joy. I turn 30 next year and having to work in landscaping, living with my gf together and all sorts of problems always makes it harder to fire my passion again and to hope that the flame somehow will never die. I know I shouldn't try but I won't stop. Humanity in a nutshell I think.
Rip Charles.
Portrait of Tracy in the background is a magnificent touch, truly.
This makes me think of meditation. When you sit down to meditate, the harder you try the more it eludes you. In the end the only way forward is to stop trying.
Like sleeping
beermilkshake wrong.you need to try to focus
kns682 woah buddy, you need to relax
Yes. Surrender. I came to te same conclusion.
kns682 I think it’s about finding that sweet spot between effort and complete surrender. I’m sure Bukowski had to ‘try’ too, he’s just choosing to highlight the fact that the best things in life are about letting go as opposed to TRYing to control. Put it this way: in meditation you can’t get away with NOT letting go :-) it’s the main ingredient.
"If the thought of not doing the _thing_ hurts more than the thought of potential suffering through the process; if the thought of life without _it_ never having tried it at all terrifies you; if it comes to you, through you, out of you almost as if you not trying... _try:_ and if you try, *go all the way.* "
- Charles Bukowski
No thanks, someone will come behind me after I made the bed, and it won't be to THEIR standards, so they will just mess it up and make me redo it. No thanks. They can keep their standards, I have my own.
Well i stopped trying to get back my ex, i tried alot...idk
The fact that i tried to get her back gives me peace of mind, even thou she didn't come back welll it is whst it is, gotta move on
@@juileb197473051 try as in, go as far as u can go, maybe while also being for the sake of your satisfaction
I see a lot of philosphers making general statements without thinking about what could go wrong, which I can't blame them for because their is a billion things to consider it would hurt so much; so just be free I guess
@@hec28827 bukowski lived what went wrong.
Been watching this channel for a few years now but I always find myself back at this video
I know this feeling of success when you don't try.
I’m telling my English teacher about ur channel, he would like it
He must be one of the strange. Don't try and tame it.
@@AownAli-xi8jq Oh that's okay, atleast you gave us a try. That's all that really matters. Thanks for playin.
@@dickslayer111 I get it. I am one of the strange
@@AownAli-xi8jqHi some people say I'm a creative genious these humanoids like to get together and group think about , how to make me feel powerless, implying that someone owns me , this is one way of doing this, but it's funny every slave and dog and cat knows there owners, I don't know mine, ....weird. Anyway to answer your question, maybe he's like Dr Gonzo in fear and loathing in Las Vegas? Maybe he's a talking about a high-powered mutant of some kind, never considered for Mass production, and is too weird to live, and to rare to die. At least that's what came to my mind, when I read Brian's comment.
okay bro...
This video literally just saved me from going insane.
I couldn't sleep thinking about all the things I wanted to do but I don't. I've been tossing around my bed. Its keeping me awake day and night. Its to the extent that I feel like my brain is itching from the inside. I really thought I was losing it and I didn't know why. But then I came across this. And it felt like I've only started to truly know myself for the first time.
Edit: you people from the comment section are all too precious. thank you! sending you all warm hugs 💙
just be
@@2FadeMusic insane?
@@samanthaabellana4049 if you are
Yeah, no, you've lost it
Same
“I am thankful of this video, really needed to hear these words”
-me
The most inspiring video I've seen in months. 🧡
“If you’re going to try, go all the way”
Yo facts!
🙊..........🤔
ikr that the common thing i found with a lot of people i admire, they all picked one things and made the decision to go 1000% on it till the end... if your willing to go through the pain to do that one thing then it's worth it, but commitment and dedication is key when becoming a master of your art
Or don't even start
Thats not the only point. Theres a difference between trying and forcing yourself to just try. Dont force yourself to do something if you dont enjoy it. But whatever you take from this vid is up to you bud
Thot Slayer what’s your point
Almost made me cry man. I am giving it all 100% of me to get into med school and it's coming at a great cost. Years after school with no significant other, kids, or a house I keep trying because that's who I am. The thought of never trying hurts more than not being happy.
Mike just keep on going. When you become a physician and get a wife, kids and a house you will appreciate and enjoy them way more than you think, because of all the efforts you made to succeed in Medschool. As the years go passing by you will remember this hard moment in your lifestyle with love and gratitude. Just keep on fighting, because you are going to make it happen. Blessings.
Be brave you got this brohhhh
Be brave you got this brohhhh
My dear don't give up.. find somone to appreciate your precious soul so that you can continue and bring healing to others.. you need support. For what it's worth, I support you from afar. Best wishes..
Best of luck dude. Knew a guy who applied 5 times and got in on the sixth. :)
THOSE LAST LINES HIT DIFFERENT 😭 INCREDIBLE!
"It is possible that longing for something is better than actually having it. I’ve heard it said that satisfaction is the death of desire.”
I'm currently struggling through a bad time in my life due to a lot money/mental health issues but writing and playing music always seems to ease the pain. I don't care if any of my music gets listened to or if I ever get money from it, if someone can relate to the pain and suffering poured into the music then that's all I care about.
This too shall pass
I find explosive gas in the early morning hours helps ease the pain...heat rising stench of redemption ...Mark Kram Karm VI
@@MarkKramKarmVI lol
If your going through hell... keep going!
❤
Bukowski wanted the best for us, as counter-intuitive “don’t try” sounds. You said it in this video. Once you realize your passion, you won’t have to try a day in your life. Because working towards a passion is not trying at it, it’s manifesting your destiny, and to try to do anything but that is trying to try.
Try then don't try.
What if you don't have a passion. What if you live your whole life without finding one?
@@nav3622 you will find it. If you don’t currently have something, try several different activities. Search the world for various things to do. Something will eventually speak to you. It may not be today, tomorrow, next year, or even in the next 5 years, but you will find your calling
I Live that way. Never worked
With the seeming explosion of Charles Bukowski videos, thanks for providing some well-presented context in a concise format! All the other videos, I've watched, now make more sense and are more inspiring!
I'm not sure what I was expecting out of this video, but it gave me something I believe I needed. 💪
“if the thought of not doing the thing hurts more than the thought of potential suffering through the process
,
if the thought of a life without it or never having tried it at all terrifies you
,
if it comes to you, through you, out of you almost as if you not trying
,
try
; and if you try, go all the way.”
seems to me as an equation to decisions in life spelled by Charles Bukowski
Tony Sinyaev a beautiful poet that is very much unknown ~ czcams.com/video/L6AFC5U3qUU/video.html
You mean nothing???
I spend most of my adult life trying to remember what I was told to forget as a child.
We all do.
Thanks for the laugh
Truly inspiring! Thats what it takes to make it...years and years of commitment to the craft. Thank you for this insight!
I come back to this every year.
I think someone finally understood what this dude was trying to say. He's probably looking down and smiling, knowing that his message was shared.
I think he mostly missed the point, which is clear from what Bukowski said in the rest of the letter and elsewhere.
"...someone once asked him, "What do you do? How do you write, create?" To which, he replied: "You don’t try. That’s very important: ‘not’ to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It’s like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like its looks you make a pet out of it.”
"We work too hard. We try too hard. Don't try. Don't work. It's there. It's been looking right at us, aching to kick out of the closed womb. There's been too much direction. It's all free, we needn't be told. Classes? Classes are for asses. Writing a poem is as easy as beating your meat or drinking a bottle of beer."
He practiced this advice when he wrote. He'd just sit down, full of wine, and write without pausing in the middle of the poem. It wasn't work, he just let it flow. Then he'd wake up the next day and see what he had.
I feel that when he said, don't try. He means just let it flow naturally it shouldn't be an effort it should be as if your soul is opened and it just flows naturally from your spirit to the ink.
Same
i agree
Similar to Bruce Lee’s water and flow message
Tao te Ching
Doing not doing
I'm not sure about the wisdom behind it.
The guy lived 50 years of failure and pain before success, that might be where his talent comes from. I think he wouldn't have done it without this experience.
This video just perfectly encapsulated something i've been trying to put a finger on for a long time. Thankyou.
"The difference between a democracy and dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later, in a democracy you don't have to waste your time voting" Charles Bukowski
In a dictatorship you don't have To waste your Time voting. ( Caps. are Comp. Made, not me)
benevolent dictatorship is the best form of government
“You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.”- Homer Simpson
Actually great advice.
Bud-kowski
Rafael Fyen BUD LIGHT?!
"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand" 😂
lmfao