09-23-2015, 04:21 AM
Yes, this topic is pretty dope. A lot of good minds to analyze, as well as some observant readers with an idea of two of their own.
I looked up Bukowski, and wow. I'm gonna be stuck on him for a while I can already tell. One of the first things I read from him sounds like something said in an interview:
"I've never been lonely. I've been in a room -- I've felt suicidal. I've been depressed. I've felt awful -- awful beyond all -- but I never felt that one other person could enter that room and cure what was bothering me...or that any number of people could enter that room. In other words, loneliness is something I've never been bothered with because I've always had this terrible itch for solitude. It's being at a party, or at a stadium full of people cheering for something, that I might feel loneliness. I'll quote Ibsen, "The strongest men are the most alone." I've never thought, "Well, some beautiful blonde will come in here and give me a fuck-job, rub my balls, and I'll feel good." No, that won't help. You know the typical crowd, "Wow, it's Friday night, what are you going to do? Just sit there?" Well, yeah. Because there's nothing out there. It's stupidity. Stupid people mingling with stupid people. Let them stupidify themselves. I've never been bothered with the need to rush out into the night. I hid in bars, because I didn't want to hide in factories. That's all. Sorry for all the millions, but I've never been lonely. I like myself. I'm the best form of entertainment I have. Let's drink more wine!"
Another thing I can't help but notice is the correlation between these famous poets and my favorite poets. Though a lot of people don't notice the correlation between hip-hop and poetry, that's all I see when I read my favorite artist's lines, therefore I can't help but mention it in this forum. I hope I don't offend with this statement, but Kendrick Lamar seems like the perfect example of a modern-day Shakespeare, persona-wise. He's everybody and nobody; a perfectly omniscient observer of L.A. street life, America as a country, civil rights, and atheism vs. religion.
I looked up Bukowski, and wow. I'm gonna be stuck on him for a while I can already tell. One of the first things I read from him sounds like something said in an interview:
"I've never been lonely. I've been in a room -- I've felt suicidal. I've been depressed. I've felt awful -- awful beyond all -- but I never felt that one other person could enter that room and cure what was bothering me...or that any number of people could enter that room. In other words, loneliness is something I've never been bothered with because I've always had this terrible itch for solitude. It's being at a party, or at a stadium full of people cheering for something, that I might feel loneliness. I'll quote Ibsen, "The strongest men are the most alone." I've never thought, "Well, some beautiful blonde will come in here and give me a fuck-job, rub my balls, and I'll feel good." No, that won't help. You know the typical crowd, "Wow, it's Friday night, what are you going to do? Just sit there?" Well, yeah. Because there's nothing out there. It's stupidity. Stupid people mingling with stupid people. Let them stupidify themselves. I've never been bothered with the need to rush out into the night. I hid in bars, because I didn't want to hide in factories. That's all. Sorry for all the millions, but I've never been lonely. I like myself. I'm the best form of entertainment I have. Let's drink more wine!"
Another thing I can't help but notice is the correlation between these famous poets and my favorite poets. Though a lot of people don't notice the correlation between hip-hop and poetry, that's all I see when I read my favorite artist's lines, therefore I can't help but mention it in this forum. I hope I don't offend with this statement, but Kendrick Lamar seems like the perfect example of a modern-day Shakespeare, persona-wise. He's everybody and nobody; a perfectly omniscient observer of L.A. street life, America as a country, civil rights, and atheism vs. religion.