In Bukowski and Taoism: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a419uayKl8XTfpM.html I talk about his famous quote: "Don't Try" and how Bukowski has a lot in common with the Philosophy of Taoism or Daoism originated in China some 2500 years ago.

@devstuff2576

2 жыл бұрын

Don't chase comfort ... Capitalism bad... Repeats while he tries to make money by earning likes and subscribers

@Exodus26.13Pi

2 жыл бұрын

Just discovered him and Dostovoesky a few weeks ago. My mind is swimming

@keithmahone67

Жыл бұрын

Oh please stop. You're making a fool of yourself to Bukowski scholars. Bukowski didn't have a philosophy. He just had opinions and habits. He drank and typed. People like him because he said provocative things. He sounded cool. But you're listening to a drunk spew pseudo-profundities on a hit-or-miss basis. Might as well compare Pee Wee Herman to Daoism or Nietche or Gothic Artchitecture or whatever. It's the same thing. There is no connection. Any suggestion of one is contrived.

@What-vo5bx

Жыл бұрын

@@keithmahone67 well, that’s just like your opinion man ☯️

@jamesgarrison1258

Жыл бұрын

@@What-vo5bx p

" Im not wise enough to lead, I'm wise enough not to follow " wow!

@carlpeterson8182

Жыл бұрын

But was he ever wise enough to know when to follow? I know it is just one of those pithy sayings but still. Sometimes you need to not follow but sometimes you do.

@fuchan707

Жыл бұрын

"I'm not dumb enough to lead, I'm wise enough not to follow."

@anthonymorales842

Жыл бұрын

@@carlpeterson8182 Agreed. Maybe not follow the rules but embrace them. Meaning see their value,I believe rules emerge with an altruistic orientation. Some of Bukowski insights though are very good, illustrated using an extreme opposite harsh social commentary.

@soloexperience

Жыл бұрын

@@carlpeterson8182 he is saying he will follow Have to read between the lines

@JohnBrown722so

Жыл бұрын

That's me right there

"find what you love and let it kill you" may be the coolest thing anyone has ever said =)

@barflytom3273

2 жыл бұрын

well, someone said it and it wasn't Bukkowski ı assure you.

@TheAnonymousrogue

2 жыл бұрын

@@barflytom3273 Correct, it was Kinky Friedman.

@barflytom3273

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAnonymousrogue thank you. I didn't know who said it but I knew Buk didn't. He could have though. Bu didn't.

@mindsigh4

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAnonymousrogue damnit, now i gotta look up friedman ...

@alinebaruchi1936

2 жыл бұрын

Nesse momento, cigarro e álcool barato.

“If you read this after I am dead, it means I made it! “ what a strong statement! 👏

“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules, but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages." ― Banksy

@scumoftheearth4745

Жыл бұрын

@DSUM It says the greatest crimes. would you argue that illegal serial killings have caused more suffering historically than war, genocide, inquisitions, police states, class disparities, etc?

@Unfunny_Username_389

Жыл бұрын

@DSUM Mum says to bring those plates down sharpish.

@El_Gormo

Жыл бұрын

Following rules isn’t the same as following orders

@faustosar6151

Жыл бұрын

The State is the problem.

@bramblebop1904

Жыл бұрын

Whos banksy?

This is actually pretty inspiring. He was 49 when he started doing what he loved full time and he accomplished so much in 25 years and he died relatively young at 73 and look what he got accomplished. I'm 44 and I'd be happy to get half the resume that he did.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

It’s never late.

@erin79

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, very inspiring. I'm 42, making the best music of my life, but not successful on a social/financial level with it. But I still feel confident that I can do the main thing that is in my control--do good work and amass a body of true art before I'm gone. The rest is somewhat up to chance, luck, etc.

@michaelanthony386

Жыл бұрын

@@erin79 Keep doing what you're doing and you find that you make your own "luck".

@paulcoldwell2237

Жыл бұрын

49 plus 25 equals 74... just saying... and I'm nearly 50 - so I know!

@ssnabell

Жыл бұрын

@@erin79 keep doing what is fun, if noone recognize it in the end,,? whatever

The full Bukowski's quote is ''Don't try, just type'' Many people don't realize that there are 3 or 4 mayor players in life : 1. It's not just the hard work you put it. 2. It's not just a talent you have. 3. You need a luck in your life too, to complete the magic circle. Great examples are the actors who admitted, that they have been lucky, like Robert de Nero, Johnny Depp and others. 4. could be friends or family. Like Arnold Schwarzenegger ones said, without all the people who helped me in America, I wouldn't be where I am now.

So basically do what you love and if money comes that’s great and if it doesn’t at least you’re enjoying your life. I love his poems. Roll the dice, Genius of the crowd and Bluebird are amongst my favorite 👍

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Yes, get something out of what you do regardless of the success that may or may not come your way.

@AnnaLVajda

Жыл бұрын

If you read his work and think he enjoyed life you do not understand his miserable existence and cynicism much.

@danteshydratshirt2360

Жыл бұрын

@@AnnaLVajda I agree. Bukowski acknowledges that in books that he lucked out BUT he understands that most of us do NOT get lucky and we are stuck in the daily grey grind

@christopherogley1714

Жыл бұрын

I once cribbed genius in class when asked to write a poem. The teach told me it wasn't a poem.. I had to correct her. Had to

@christopherogley1714

Жыл бұрын

Why isn't anyone saying how absolutely funny he was .to the point of comedy genius?....the funniest.

Charles Bukowski was one of the most overlooked, underrated literary giants of the modern world. He was basically Voltaire for a generation whose dreams died in the second world war.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@kevinedwards7079

6 ай бұрын

Yup no wonder it's because he seeks happy. ........but forgot about joy idiot

Figured this out when I was like 20 and kind of just did what I wanted. Ten years later I have a better life than people who judged me and they’re ass hurt.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Good on you mate !

@polybius23

Жыл бұрын

A lot of us figured this out. No one else said it like Bukowski, especially in his poems ("Nirvana" is pure genius).

One of my favorite poets. He inspires me so much; he had a very difficult life at times, & he knew exactly what it was to struggle. He wasn't one of the rich, which is what made him so relatable.

@tazpoochie

Жыл бұрын

The laughing heart is my mantra . Brilliant poem

I first got into Bukowski around 30 years ago, and I'm still loving his stuff. Even though you only discovered Bukowski a few months before making this video, your analysis of his life and works is seriously fantastic. Great job!

“Don’t try” has been a motto of mine now for many years thanks to Bukowski;😌 I have it written on my bathroom mirror and it’s helped me immensely in life and within all of my artistic pursuits. Thanx, great video.

@Chryztallic

Жыл бұрын

When you are in the "zone" in whatever you do, you literally don't try so it makes sense.

@al1665

Жыл бұрын

I read "I have it over the bathroom toilet "

@savvybytes3748

7 күн бұрын

It is neurologically true that when you’re in fight or flight stress reaction from not feeling successful or not doing it well enough or trying to push to accomplish, your frontal lobes cannot engage. Also, the part of your brain that is receptive to inspiration is dulled. So when you’re not feeling successful, lower the bar :-)

Glad that I found this on another weekend. Read many of Bukowski's best novels and I almost forgot that I am still on the right path with solitude, writing and privacy. Thanks for this one!

@sunintheeast3881

6 ай бұрын

Suggest me some?

Just love this. Soulful expressions of a man who blossomed from dust and ashes through his feelings which he penned down. A great writer for sure unconventional and truly inspiring. Very enlightened. ❤

I know, I found my flow, But now I don't where else to go I think I know, Six feet below, Now I can blow, Thank you Bukowski, You were the man on the Go!!!

"happiness should be come as by-product of what you do " I think this is most interesting approach to happiness I have heard for long time . thank you

In my 20s I had a guy friend who loved Bukowski, his writing and his philosophy...and he embraced that kind of life. At that time, I didn't connect with or understand the attraction to Bukowski. Now, decades later, that guy is a wealthy capitalist embracing all the values of society that Bukowski disdained, and I'm just barely scraping by, but living an authentic, no BS life in a house in the woods, not attempting to blend with society. Funny, the twists and turns life takes. 😄 edited to fix a typo

@penguinuprighter6231

Жыл бұрын

Well done cheryl

@princebonnie1357

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you turned out alright Cheryl! The capitalist dream and its attendant Society are nothing but cruel divergences from becoming authentic.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

I wish I was brave enough to move into the words. Maybe one day.

@cherylbenton7107

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast I'm not off the grid or anything brave ...just a house in the woods in Vermont. Winters are challenging, but the air is so clean and so many beautiful wild creatures around. I feel blessed! I grew up in Vermont, so it's home for body and soul.🙂💜🍁🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🍁💜🙂

@harryjones84

Жыл бұрын

if you like bukowski now- have you read journey to the end of the night?

I love the "don't try". I love this because i don't see it as negative, but rather very positive. (With a spin of cynicism). Life is too short, and too pointless, to try so hard that you find yourself in emotional ruins. Just live life, just go with things as they flow, and do not fight it. Not only will your life be over before expected, but hell, everything will be too one day. This world, our social norms, language, societies, fucking everything that we today deem of the utmost importance, the absolute, the logical, will one day be nothing more then lessons in some kids history books. our certainty in ourselves, and world is just fear, it is futile, therefore to try is to fight a losing battle. So just relax, no one is changing the fate of anything.

@pruff3

Жыл бұрын

I am

@i_t_f_e___proems

Жыл бұрын

for most cucks yeah yet some poets leave monumental amounts of work or blood tribalism that would be paradise like hitler was building as todya we cant have one w western land only ours like asia or africa has.

@cosmicman621

10 ай бұрын

...it’s just Taoist..wu wei

One of the greatest truthful and nihilistic writer's I have have ever read, no grey areas and deeply moving plus very funny 👏👏💯♥️

That was fantastic. I've read and enjoyed Buskowski's books for many years now. I think you summed up the best in him. Thank you!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@ARVINDKUMAR-if9er

2 жыл бұрын

Sir please make review videos on the Prague cemetery and the name of the rose I need them for my academic purpose! Thanks

Man, your videos are so awesome! 👍👍

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Wow thanks so much. I have been following your channel for many years. You’re an amazing content creator and in fact you inspired me to start this channel. So thank you!

@Einzelganger

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Really? Thank you for compliment, and happy to hear that I inspired you to start making content. Love the long-format; must take a lot of work!

@asif6021

Жыл бұрын

@@Einzelganger you both are awesome 😊

@JoseGonzalez-xw5xz

Жыл бұрын

Both channels are insanely good, great content !

@mansigupta6996

9 ай бұрын

Your videos are extremely helpful and awesome👌👌 ..thankyou

His poetry was out of this world. A rough human being but a genuine one.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@heightenedsenses9605

2 жыл бұрын

Same. Gonna buy Pulp

@meansoftolerance

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I understand that you don’t know Bukowski that well. The you tuber who covered him had just discovered him some time before doing this video. I ‘ ve been reading him for some decades and let me tell you, Pulp is not one of his best books, not the best point to start from.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

For me the best was post office followed by Ham on rye

I own over 30 books written by Charles Bukowski and 4 Biographies. He was a prolific writer translating society through the lense of Realism. Beautiful and eloquent in a harsh overtones.

I love Bukowvski! I can really relate to this guy. He was the first author who I liked, and could relate to him,on so many levels. And then I met lots of authors. I love his speach he did in the early 90's. What a legend.

Discovered him as a 19-year-old boy when I moved from South Africa to London.... Can’t tell you how he change my thinking

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Awesome.

Buk was a master of the moment and not giving a shit about what happens. He had no illusions about the human condition.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

A rare case of an outsider artist making it. I have my issues with Bukowski, but I respect him immensely.

@gggallin8279

2 жыл бұрын

@@JinroTheCorpse absolutely true, most artists would be considered as mentally pretty unstable for example Kafka, Lovecraft, Van Gogh, Francis Bacon and so on

@lonniemanuel9570

2 жыл бұрын

It's because of their "outsider" life that they can see the world as it really is. Impossible to see from the inside. While most people go merrily along blissfully ignorant, outsiders suffer the truth. Most people couldn't do that. Outsiders lives are art.

@dcrea9416

2 жыл бұрын

@@lonniemanuel9570 hence the phrase “looking at things from an outside perspective”. Outsiders have a broader scope. Like astronauts looking at Earth.

@lonniemanuel9570

2 жыл бұрын

@@dcrea9416 outside the box, like taco 🔔

@peterivankovich2990

2 жыл бұрын

@@lonniemanuel9570 What if most people are at their happiest if they prefer to ignore realty? It`s not for nothing that the saying exists - if ignorance is bliss, why know? Quite a few outsiders wind up in prisons or as social pariahs because they don`t want to or can`t be like 'normal' others. I wish various pariah in the arts could be brought together for interaction to see how they would get along with one another.

Jesus this guy mirrors my own outlook! I need to read all his books immediately! One of the best videos on youchewbe

@akeithing1841

Жыл бұрын

I highly recommend it. So efficient with his words. Also, a great doc on him on yt called born into this

I'm loving learning about this brilliant man. I love that he mentions my friend Christ Jesus so often. I'm loving the way you're explaining and relating his truths! Good job man.

Thank you once again, whoever you are. I found some Bukowski poetry years back through a friend who told me I reminded him of that drunken, boisterous, dirty, old dock worker. I didn't care much for what I read (I typically don't like the poetry of others) but instantly understood that here was a guy who truly didn't care what I thought, and feel in love with that. Your 11 Lesson analysis of his work and his life was compelling. I feel you revealed a talent I presumed to understand in a way that fully explained an admirable fellow creature struggling against the culture of Cronus/Kronos; a parent that eats it's own children. I don't read much, and seldom read critics, but you're proving to be a rather remarkable exception. Whether we write poetry, prose, or just criticism, and regardless of whether we write well or poorly, those who write for love of writing are all that's worth reading. You clearly love writing, you also write well, and I salute you. I've now subscribed to read more of you. Have a productive day.

i discovered Chuck B. on accident in the early 90s . whenever asked by anyone about a food choice I would say "Ham on Rye" and one day when I said it to a friends father he left the room and returned with a copy of CBs novel and said here kid I think you can handle this kind of writing and I had to read all of his work after that my favorite author and 2nd favorite philosopher.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

That’s really amazing story. Thanks for sharing.

I just discovered your channel and I love it! I usually watch such content in my coffee and lunch breaks and this is just perfect ! My favourite genre is philosophical fiction and my favourite writers SO FAR are Pascal Bruckner, M. Houellebecq, Dostoievski, Kafta and I'm sure with the help of your channel I will have many more !

Ham On Rye is one of my favourite books. No pretentions, yet great insight.

Just don't stop brother . . . The world needs your videos . . . Fantastic.

Well done. I think this is my favorite of your videos. I began reading Bukowski recently, because of this channel.

He's lucky,he loved writing,, found his passion...and educated us,, thanks for the great video..

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome. Thanks for the comment.

Excellent synopsis. I’m a huge fan of his as well, and like you, I didn’t discover him until later in life. He was a great artist and just a super interesting, smart, and insightful guy. RIP

In these times of reversed reality, his honest reflections are so refreshing. Thanks for this post. It made me smile to hear such honesty, for a change.

A real hero. Love this man. He has reaffirmed my thoughts on life.

My breakthrough take away from this is that Bukowski was a writer because it reminded him of the only time he was validated as a child - when he sat down and did his homework and it was approved by school teachers.

@AbshirFuaad

6 ай бұрын

Nope. People like him don't care about validation and approval. He was being himself and individualistic. that is why he had such a rich insight. Unlike millions who lost their self and their inner soul so they can fit in with the society and get validation.

Love Bukowski . Self-dishonesty is the status quo. Self-honesty is REFRESHING.

@Potencyfunction

3 ай бұрын

The company is red. And the brand is mushroom with distorsion

This video is so great! I learned so much! Thank you for sharing your time and expertise.

7:25 John Fante is worth a mention here. If you read Bukowski’s intro to ‘Ask The Dust’, he talks about his influence and refers to Fante as his god.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Bukowski does talk about Fante a lot.

@KManLeos

2 жыл бұрын

Fante is the KING!

@michelepastele5347

Жыл бұрын

Ask the Dust is worth reading. Fante's writing is simple, beautiful.

Really great video! You added a lot of perspective and context !!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I've never heard of him before this moment, but relate to him and his way of seeing the world. Thanks Fiction Beast and YT for the algorithm. I definitely want to check out his works.

@christopherogley1714

Жыл бұрын

Dont watch documentaries before you read the books ..you'll just agree with the document. Document it yourself. Wow

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

You can listen to his audiobooks on KZread.

You did a great synopsis of Buk, the quotes used were impeccable and pretty much nailed it.

My late best friend’s favorite poet Now I have at least one of his books… Thanks for this episode!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. I'm sorry for your loss.

Love your videos. Very informative and interesting. You have already introduced me to great writers and philosophers! My reading list is growing….

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

What a great video. So much effort you have put in to this. Keep up!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

your videos are getting better and better! I can hear you writing better and smoother. It's no wonder!!!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

I fell in love with fiction reading at age 28 by reading Bukowski.

Omg the video that you promised me weeks ago!!! Im so excited thank you

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

It was precisely your comment a few weeks ago that nudged me to make this video. I’m so glad you made that comment. I learnt so much about Bukowski and now a legend in my heart. So a big thank you to you. 😊

@rickmeras2036

2 жыл бұрын

Thats whats up! Gotta thank you random internet stranger for inspiring this video. Much props to the creator too. Y’all helped a soul out here keep writing

22:42 I particularly resonate with his Lesson 10 and Jean-Paul Sartre "hell is other people"

@deborahcurtis1385

Жыл бұрын

It's also very funny.

Great post! Thank you! I love Charles!

Super literary analysis and Reception of CB! Thank you!

I love your videos because it is so obviously evident that you love sharing this knowledge. Due to your passion for it, there is not a single bit of bullshit in your videos, no matter how long, not a single dull moment. Thank you so much!!

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Loved it! Thank you...it was just what i needed right now. Read the post office years ago and I think i have pulp getting dusty on a shelf...i may read some of it tonight. Cheers

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Brilliant analysis and summary, thank you

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

Excellent presentation. Thanks 😊

I feel that part about irrational desire to make art. I write raps because it happens on its own lol. I have made myself sit down and write before but my best ones have come from being so distressed or ecstatic, drunk etc... And i just start writing. It's beautiful and cathartic. truly it's beautiful

As a boy growing up he was EMOTIONALLY and PHYSICALLY ABUSED by his own devil of a father. Later he took this huge ulcer in his soul and made a worldclass writer of himself.

Got me interested in reading his books now!

@john-paulhunt451

2 жыл бұрын

winning is losing. next please.

I have never heard of this author but now I am definitely interested. He says it like it is. I like that.

Just what I needed. Thank you!!!!

I love Bukowski a lot. His writings were my companion in the most darkest moments, BUT what I never understood is how he kept saying DON'T TRY, even he tried to be a writer for 50 years!

@DanRad44

Жыл бұрын

Yes, what he probably meant was don’t “try” to force anything, just do what excites you and makes you alive, naturally.

@godnotavailable2094

Жыл бұрын

He didn't try to be a writer for 50 years. He WAS a writer that whole time.

I think Bukouski's way of life, like Taoism, is a good personal doctrine, good raw material for dealing with life. Though in society, people need to get along and work in sometimes even rigid ways in order to accomplish goals like better development.

Thank you so much for your work, this is just what I needed to hear

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

Fantastic video, thank you for making it!

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it.

There's also a one-actor play about Bukowski and his writings, I think it's called 'South of No North' - I was fortunate to catch it on stage in the early 2000s.

@danteshydratshirt2360

Жыл бұрын

sounds interesting

Wow, great video. Very informative and captivating! I think I should read something of his. I may have read a short story once....

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

@talibanairport1544

Жыл бұрын

Read Factotum about all his jobs he worked. Or Ham on Rye about his hilariously horrible upbringing.

I needed this - thank you!

Got you on while im working. Love your videos.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Fantastic review on CB. On writing too ! Very in-depth. 17:05 Jim Morrison, L.A lizard, would of became like CB. Convinced.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@michaelquisutdeus2970

2 жыл бұрын

I could see that happening, very interesting speculation!

Love is a Dog from Hell. ~Charles Bukowski

Nicely put together!

Thank you! This is very informative and absolutely grateful designed Video.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Quite nice !!!... Loved it all....

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

That was f.cking brilliant, mate. Just getting into Bukowski. This really helped. I used to think he was a bum, and didn't like him. Now I realise he is a bum and I like him.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome mate!

This is a really good video... it should have millions of views. Keep making great content

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate it.

This is great. Thanks for the video

As a musician this inspired me. I let my passion consume me.

Don’t Try is more about not trying to do things that you don’t like. “If you have to try to be a writer you aren’t one. It’s when your sick with it and there no hope but writing.” Focus on the things you want but don’t try to want something you don’t want.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

I discuss this more in my other video: Bukowski and Taoism. Check out it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/a419uayKl8XTfpM.html

@barflytom3273

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. it's more like "don't pretend" to do something, do it.

in love w ur videos. i guess i am gonna watch them all after all

Accidentally came across this, same as we do, to almost all good things in our lives! Loved the introduction and the over all flow. The tone of your voice though is rather mechanical. But thanks for the hard effort and lovely work👍🏾🙏🏾🙂 Love from 🇮🇳

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the feedback.

@A_QuestioningSoul

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast u deserve a feedback and a heartfelt appreciation for the amount of hard work undertaken in putting something original out on YT. If I may, what softwares are u using to create doodle like contents?

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I use doodly.

@A_QuestioningSoul

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Thanks🙏🏾

I can identify with him. I am 52 and got turned down for many jobs. I answer questions truthfully. I am not a good bullshitter. If I am just telling them what they want to hear I am very transparent. I have been working longer than most applicants are alive. My resume should be proof enough. Why should I talk about a job that was my least favorite? I quit that job is behind me.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you sharing your story. I guess to survive in today's job market, one has to bullshit, it just can;t be avoided. Telling the truth can set you back most of the time.

@remopiccioni9456

2 жыл бұрын

Plot twist I got a 2nd interview and a job offer. Lol. I guess I got turned down so many times. When I stopped caring whether I got the job or not the offer came. This is kind of like Alan Watts' backwards law. Lol

@danteshydratshirt2360

Жыл бұрын

Im in a similar position. 57 done various jobs in offices mainly and then through necessity worked in retail in recent years. After a burn out Im wanting to get back into office work....youd think my 20 plus years of work in that sector would make a difference? No they just typecast me as working in retail...and thats the ones that give me half a chance. Any help from the Job Centre ( Im British) seems to be just large doses of copium ignoring the elephant in the room - employers consider candidates over 50 a burden - they want young gullible employees not ones that know the game. Yes I have a hard time bs-ing too

My amateur studies of zen masters has been reminded by learning of this man. He has many characteristics of those who teach the way of Zen. I wonder if he ever realized the similarities himself.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

I talked about Bukowski and Taoism in another video.

@lamb3134

Жыл бұрын

​@@Fiction_Beast Sweet. Thanks. Totally watching this one. :D

@libornovotny9637

10 ай бұрын

He did. Shortly before he died he meditated and stopped drinking.

Read some of his poems years ago, felt like eating raw meat (never did actually, but felt that way somehow). Thanks for the summary of his work. Now that I am more experienced in life, I should give him another read.

Wow! I felt him with every single part of my body! Thanx for this great introduction. I think ive found my path! Even if it sounds painful but i like to be a masochist :)

You can fail without being a loser. Popular success and the qualitative merit of a piece of writing are not one in the same.

I love your videos. I’ve never read him but I saw Barfly, which I think was based on him. Thought it was spectacular. Thank you for the video.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@jdt8983

2 жыл бұрын

Barfly was a good movie with great actors and shitty acting

@jelliott0077

2 жыл бұрын

Do yourself a favor and read Bukowski

@david-pb4bi

2 жыл бұрын

@@jdt8983 Barfly was a shit film, whoever told Mickey Rourke he could act wants locking up. Bukowski is a brilliant author in my opinion.

@jdt8983

2 жыл бұрын

@@david-pb4bi yeah he did a shit job in that movie but I think he evolved in the movie the Wrestler. Thought that was a believable performance. And yup Bukowski was brilliant. A narcissist who pretty much just droned on about himself with covert self aggrandizement but worth the read for sure

Picking up reading a book after over ten years. Life sucks because I don't have the clarity like these amazing writers. I need to read more.

Great analysis. Thank you.

I'm only a third in but want you to know this is really good. Keep it up to 10k hrs

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it

Thank you for this video work. The Universe had a choice between having Bukowski as a murderer or a drunk poet, writer. Luckily for all of us it turned out we read his books and poems. I love his thoughts, beer tastes better after reading, a pain in my soul gets smaller.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

I totally get it. I feel the same about him.

No way I didn’t know this channel it’s beautiful thank you ❤️

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it.

I like the accent of the narrator, very unusual and extremely fitting for wonderful narration of Mr Bukowskis life and work

I can appreciate some of Bukowski's thoughts. I myself often have difficulties being in large groups. Still, Bukowski's attitudes are one-sided: he tended to see all that was wrong in people (for the most part), he mistrusted them and was misanthropic. But that's just one side of the coin. Although there are fake people, bullshitters who just conform to the rules of society, there's also much good in people, which I know for a fact since I've met and spent time with some of them. Although Bukowski's family life left much to be desired, it's not true to say that all family life is detestable. Bukowski made derogatory generalizations about family life simply because his own was shitty, but his statements are not accurate, even if understandable. The fact is that there are families in which love abounds between father and son. Just not in the case of Bukowski, and one must try to be objective. And what's wrong with watching TV or spending Christmas with one's parents once in a while? Provided you have many other interests, there's nothing wrong with it. People are like images or pictures with countless aspects, most of which you don't see or are too impatient (or pissed off) to see. Bottom line: you don't see the world as it is. You see the world as you are. If you're full of shit, then you'll tend to see most people as full of shit. If love or tenderness flows within you, you'll at least give people the benefit of the doubt, and your vision will be more expansive. You might observe, for example, that a person behaves badly (like an asshole), because of many issues in the background (within his psyche) over which he has little control. Assholes suffer a lot; they have to deal with themselves (their minds) 24 hours a day, while you might only have to deal with them for an hour or two. So compassion arises. If compassion doesn't arise, you'll just make yourself more and more miserable. You stay away for a time, alone, apart from people such that they can't annoy or hurt you. But by the same token, you won't be able to form deep or meaningful relationships because of your mistrust and misanthropy. (At least your negativity will seriously interfere with, or poison, any real relationship.) Isolating oneself in this way is not freedom, as Bukowski believed, but rather a way to solidify the prison, however much one is compelled to write. Society is a prison yes (Bukowski got that right), but he failed to see that negative reactions to it, trying as much as possible to withdraw from it with disgust, is also a prison. His largely negative attitudes about people were themselves a prison and just compounded his misery. So it's all very well to be a creative individualist outside of society, but you can't fulfill your potential while harboring Bukowski's attitudes as here described. Solitude is great for creativity and clarity in general, but one must examine one's own mind, one's motivations, and be clear about the character of one's solitude. Not all solitudes are equal, not all lead to freedom. As for "modernity killing individuality" I'm not sure. Maybe. It would be truer to say that individuality has always been rare, regardless of the age. In all the other ages, there were countless phonies, imitators, and followers. Because they're all dead and forgotten, and because we only remember the creative geniuses or remarkable people, it appears to us that there were more individuals, non-conformists. The reason some might think there are more conformists today is because we can see them; they're all around. As for today's literary geniuses (and there are some), they may not yet be recognized or lionized as some dead writers because we're still too near them, and it takes time to fully appreciate great writers. Past writers have the advantage of time where appreciation is concerned. At any rate, the tendency of looking back to other ages, while fine up to a point, is often a result of false nostalgia.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

This is a very thoughtful comment. I really enjoyed reading it. For your last point, I tend to agree that individuality has been a rare commoodity throughout history. Also agree that we wouldnt know great writers of today, because time is usually a good judge of someone making it or not.

@yacovmitchenko1490

2 жыл бұрын

@James Declerk I agree.

@danteshydratshirt2360

Жыл бұрын

@James Declerk I would put David Mitchell as a modern literay genius

@valentineotto1099

4 ай бұрын

Most people suck that's a fact. Same with western society 😅

I love bukowski

😊 Thank you! I would l Ike more lectures!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

You got it!