Recent content by Mikael

Hi everyone, I'm a film student working on an assignment for an art direction course. Our goal is to design a bar or restaurant based on a 20th century visual artist; architecture, decoration, furniture and wardrobe all included. Obviously, thinking about bars the first thing that pops into my...

I'm looking for a text where Bukowski says writing can "beat the shit out of" painting, music, all other art forms, basically. Could you also include the source and pagenumber? Thanks.

Johannes & hank solo: Thank you very much! Also: Where can I find Dinosauria, we? The version in Born into This is different (shorter) than the one I've read. Thanks. Could you (or anyone) give me a quote on Gogol?

Yes, that's what I'm looking for. Apparently I quoted the wrong passage from Wittgenstein. Thanks. Still looking for this: Also, anyone remember where Bukowski compares himself to de Sade, saying that he is a cheap imitation of him, lacking his talent or intelligence? I think it's in Women...

Thanks, Roni, for the quote in Reach for the Sun. I'm sure that I remember correctly. It was an english version. I think it's in one of my books I bought from the usa, so it should be the original publication. It's in a story where Bukowski's character, can't remember if it was Chinaski, is at...

Hi, I'm new here. I'm a philosophy student from Finland (Helsinki University) and I'm doing a presentation for a literature course about Bukowski. I remember in one short story where Bukowski quotes a passage from Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations ("I set the brake up by connecting...