"Born Into This"- Charles Bukowski

[enigmatic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHEMlcHSJ4w&search=bukowski

[SeattleGirl]

1. Wow! Thanks for that!

What a powerful piece of work. I love Bukowski!

[enigmatic]

2. He kept me alive for most of my life

Still does, honestly...

I love youtube.com:)

[SeattleGirl]

5. Wow, really? Actually, I can believe it. Some people just touch

us in that way.

Thanks again for posting this. I just sent it off to my daughter, who writes some pretty great poetry in her own right.

[enigmatic]

6. He made me want to be a writer when I was 16

My first book was a shameless rip-off of Bukowski's poetry, though I found my own way after that.

I know he's a love him or hate him kind of writer, but Obviously, I fall into the former camp:)

[SeattleGirl]

7. He can be kind of a downer, I know

But sometimes, life is kind of a downer.

You know, I read somewhere a bit ago that people who go through periods of depression, whether clinical or episode-specific, tend to see the world in a more realistic way than people who are consumate optimists. The writer's point was that the optimists, while not BAD by any means, sometimes have a hard time dealing with difficult or negative situations, more so than people who have been depressed at some time in their lives. Interesting.

[enigmatic]

10. I agree

Life is a series of mountains everybody has to climb up and down from; some think that if they stay on the peak they'll be safe, but you have to come down sometime, whether you want to or not.

I've known (and been in relationships) with people like that, and it's never pretty when the inevitable valleys happen, because they can't (or won't) deal w/ the emotions surrounding it; you can try to help, but in the end, they have to find their own way..

[SeattleGirl]

12. You are absolutely right.

In the end, people have to find their own way. It's frustrating for those of us who love the people who get lost somewhere along the way, but on the flip side, it's a joy when they DO find their way!

[Kire]

3. thanks

supposedly, that's part of a full length movie called "born into this"

[enigmatic]

4. It's a very good documentary

Although Barbet Schroeder's documentary made in the early 80's is far better IMO...

[democracyindanger]

8. I once had lunch at a place

that offered "The Bukowski: A glass of Wild Turkey and pastrami on dry rye bread. It's a fistfight on a plate."

[SeattleGirl]

9. Ha! That's cool!

Sometimes I feel like having a meal that could be described in exactly that way!

[MrScorpio]

11. Sweet!

Dude, did you get the BIG FILE?

is it ok?

[enigmatic]

13. I'm trying to download it now

it keeps going to "cannot find this page", but it might be a busy server; let me try it a few more times..

[enigmatic]

14. I'm kicking this

because it's Bukowski:)