Thought I would say a quick hello. I'm embarrassingly old to be discovering Bukowski (50 -- fuck!) but better late than never. But hopefully not too late. Because there is nothing worse than too late. Amen, Hank.
It probably speaks volumes that I'm joining this forum on a long weekend of Labor Day nothingness. A bleak summer following a so-so spring and all of a sudden Bukowski makes a lot of sense.
I have to admit I'm one of the lazy ones. I stumbled onto something on youtube and then checked out the DVD Born Into This. Seeing that sequence from Dinosauria, we just blew me away. The whole thing actually, not just the words. The filming of it was so brilliant. I think Buk would have appreciated it. It's a perfect video adaptation of poetry.
I just finished Ham on Rye. He give a voice to all those painful moments we've ever had. Reading all that stuff from his childhood uncovered some long forgotten memories from my own childhood. Nothing as bad as what he went through, but the emotions are similar.
Am I any better off for having read Bukowski? Maybe not. It's easy to wallow in the misery. But acknowledging human pain may also be the first step to getting past it all.
I hope so.
Thanks for this forum.
It probably speaks volumes that I'm joining this forum on a long weekend of Labor Day nothingness. A bleak summer following a so-so spring and all of a sudden Bukowski makes a lot of sense.
I have to admit I'm one of the lazy ones. I stumbled onto something on youtube and then checked out the DVD Born Into This. Seeing that sequence from Dinosauria, we just blew me away. The whole thing actually, not just the words. The filming of it was so brilliant. I think Buk would have appreciated it. It's a perfect video adaptation of poetry.
I just finished Ham on Rye. He give a voice to all those painful moments we've ever had. Reading all that stuff from his childhood uncovered some long forgotten memories from my own childhood. Nothing as bad as what he went through, but the emotions are similar.
Am I any better off for having read Bukowski? Maybe not. It's easy to wallow in the misery. But acknowledging human pain may also be the first step to getting past it all.
I hope so.
Thanks for this forum.