Genius? I am sure he would laugh his ass off at that. From what my puny little mind can work out, he would hate the fact that we would consider him a genius...
I don't know why he did what he did with word. I just know I can identify with it and it also gives me great reassurance to know I am not alone. This world is too full of fucks who want something to latch onto and call brilliant (like the whole of the punk movement, this is my insight and no-one elses etc) or something that makes their otherwise dull lives seem interesting by observing the obvious brilliance of a setting sun or a cool ocean breeze on a warm day sipping rioja... Ooops I digress! erm, yeah that's it... Buk to me is like a wise friend who doesn't dress for the occasion. Someone to keep me sane. Someone who makes sense. He was like the common sense writer for me. No bullshit and little fabrication in that there are no real fantastical elements just honest evaluations unfiltered. That's the best part, he doesn't give a fuck who reads him, or rather he never give a fuck so why should we? I wish I knew, I am turning all of my friends onto Bukowski because I feel he is the SINGLE most relevant author for me personally (and maybe only me) that I have ever read. Whilst I do enjoy reading the windy paths of Twain and the beautifully blurted lines of the 'greats', It's Bukowski who makes sense and that's all the matters.
Fuck Genius, Genius is a word for the universities. Bollocks to that. He rocks!!! That's all...
I can swear now, see!!! :)
I don't know why he did what he did with word. I just know I can identify with it and it also gives me great reassurance to know I am not alone. This world is too full of fucks who want something to latch onto and call brilliant (like the whole of the punk movement, this is my insight and no-one elses etc) or something that makes their otherwise dull lives seem interesting by observing the obvious brilliance of a setting sun or a cool ocean breeze on a warm day sipping rioja... Ooops I digress! erm, yeah that's it... Buk to me is like a wise friend who doesn't dress for the occasion. Someone to keep me sane. Someone who makes sense. He was like the common sense writer for me. No bullshit and little fabrication in that there are no real fantastical elements just honest evaluations unfiltered. That's the best part, he doesn't give a fuck who reads him, or rather he never give a fuck so why should we? I wish I knew, I am turning all of my friends onto Bukowski because I feel he is the SINGLE most relevant author for me personally (and maybe only me) that I have ever read. Whilst I do enjoy reading the windy paths of Twain and the beautifully blurted lines of the 'greats', It's Bukowski who makes sense and that's all the matters.
Fuck Genius, Genius is a word for the universities. Bollocks to that. He rocks!!! That's all...
I can swear now, see!!! :)