All The Way - a Charles Bukowski Poem

[@bigcheech1937]

This is the price you have to pay to retain your authenticity. I often come back to this to remind myself.

[@dasher787]

Cherechi Osisioma good to remember that

[@HoeshwaPOOP666]

I bawl.. its hard but you gotta choogaloog

[@CrazycruxGaming]

But authenticity is so illusive. How do I choose which pathway leads to my authentic self?

[@mattiasahlsen3650]

CrazyCrux Go with your gut. Listen to your feelings. Does it feel right? Does it feel authentic? Are you following your dreams? Are you expressing yourself freely?

[@GrandSocietyofIntuitiveArts]

@@CrazycruxGaming stop lying to yourself. Stop practicing tacit approval. Correct your posture. Always look in people's eyes.

[@Brian-bg2cb]

Going all the way has absolutely nothing to do with how much junk and garbage you have to shovel out of the way to get there. Suffering is the spice of life not safety and comfort.Forcing yourself to do something you don’t want to do every day like a cold shower. It seems a bit dark and dingy first, but every time you win you build your own character and your own confidence and you will be with the Gods and perfect laughter. One of the things that I love is thinking about how I didn’t wanna do something that I knew I had to do and once having done it that feeling of power…

[@christianBSN]

Suffering is the spice of life. Beautiful words

[@hallebeatty2111]

Same. 10 years later and i still get goosebumps listening to this

[@vibra1562]

Yeah

[@MuktadirAlam]

I sacrificed my job, my health, my sanity, love, to go all the way. Mind you, It's not something for the faint of heart. But Was it worth it in the end? Absolutely..

[@trickie502]

Same. And the ride? Crazy. Should have started years ago.

[@samsonmcgloughlin]

I went all the way and she gave me 20 minutes. Don't worry I'm going to roll a piano up her street

[@doyoubelieveinmagic4244]

For what? Pls share the specific

[@charlesb2895]

Tell us how it ended

[@RaptorMaitre]

On the same path.

[@Ajs00]

I think this poem just changed my life.

[@jeffs2518]

Right?! I had been mulling over a tattoo for years and this hit me so hard. At a crossroads too. Perfect timing.

[@cowboycalicojakk9685]

that's bukowski for ya lol. First heard this 3 years ago, and it still makes me cry like a baby

[@ApoorvaaC]

Jeff S Hey! what's your tattoo then?

[@petar1008]

Yeah. Heart can do that. And this is some Heart stuff wright there :)

[@jeffs2518]

I got “go all the way” in script on my inner bicep. A daily reminder to keep going. I read it in the voice from the video haha

[@davinou26]

"Isolation is a gift". At first I thought only crazy people loved to be alone. And I tried. And I understood that it was the first time of my life I really be myself. It feels like all my life, I lived what people want me to be. Thanks Bukowski and this vidéo who opened my heart and soul!

[@thevashfan12392]

"a man can be himself only so long as he is alone if he does not love solitude he will not love freedom if he does not love freedom is he truly free?"-Arthur Schopenhauer

[@TheGingerJonny]

@@thevashfan12392 Thank you for sharing that.

[@redsol3629]

Life starts for you once your dreams die.

[@khch_69]

"Isolation is the gift.."

[@rickknowledge6992]

👍

[@Ghost7065]

in my case a curse.

[@sakatis]

you get what you project i guess

[@AntonST100]

The more I go all the way on my path, the better I understand this verse.

[@keaganwheeler-mccann8565]

It's just a test of your endurance.

[@tashatalbot5580]

this gives me shivers. god bless a broken man.

[@SidGoreEngineer]

Who's still watching this again and again after years?

[@szentgyorgyiaurora9157]

Again and again

[@goo2m]

"You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is." I love this part. Whatever it is, do it and go all the way. It might seem nothing to others but it is something to you. That's all that matters.

[@larryvonloop]

THe way Buk wrote is a little bit different. This version is the tamed martinized version.

[@larryvonloop]

Original : roll the dice if you’re going to try it, go all the way. otherwise, don’t get into it. if you’re going to try it, go all the way. this could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind. go all the way. it could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days. it could mean freezing on a park bench. it could mean jail, alcoholism. it could mean derision, mockery, isolation. the isolation is the gift, all the other is a test of your guts, how much you really want to do it. and you’ll do it against total rejection and the highest of odds but it will be better than doing anything else you can think of. if you’re going to try it, go all the way. there is no other feeling like it. you will be alone with the gods and the nights will flame with fire. do it, do it, do it. do it. all the way. all the way. you will ride death straight to hell, your perfect laughter, the only good fight now.

[@corinbryant]

I've been on one hell of a journey and I keep coming back to this when I feel weak. I have to remind myself I'm not done. Not even close. All the way. ALL the way.

[@TheGingerJonny]

Do it brother. All the way. Your not weak. You are amazing and you should know that.

[@poem]

❤️‍🔥 “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think I'm not going to make it but you laugh inside remembering all the times you've felt that way” ❤️‍🔥 ~ Charles Bukowski 😎

[@suzanneolivar1]

I went all the way. Left with a suitcase and a dream to be with my Highschool Love. I ran to the desert. Las Vegas NV. That's where I flourished. Go all the way. ❤

[@samirafterone]

This is art therapy... art as therapy! Thank you, both of you!

[@WillemMartinot]

Laura Ciocoiu I like your comment! Thank you :-)

[@samirafterone]

Willem Martinot I like your art :)

[@MrPoutsesMple]

+Laura Ciocoiu What would be life without art? Through art I managed to save my humanity

[@samirafterone]

+ΣΚΡΟΥΤΖ ΜΑΚ ΝΤΑΚ Beauty will save the world! Beauty in all the way...

[@henkverhaeren3759]

Laura Ciocoiu yes it is the best inspiring therapy ever to become who we really are, ..all though it seems not many people seem to get it..

[@rubenaerts7284]

Bukowski really did this. He gave up his job at 49 to be a full time writer, with no money for food, and the worst possible odds to ever make it.

[@Rh1no1]

I have watched this over and over for inspiration. I never get tired of this poem and I love the music and the video. Thank you Tony Anderson, Willem Martinot, Tom O'Bedlam and Charles Bukowski.

[@tonywalton1052]

+no1uknow Go All The Way. Do it. Do it. Do it. It has to be obsession. It cannot be anything else.

[@greg0r436]

It's so reassuring that I'm not alone in my solitude. Thank you Bukowski.

[@vitorsilva8433]

I hear this poem almost every day to make me going for my goals!!

[@AnthonyLiccione]

"We are all actors, set on the stage of the world, as the curtains open we put on our best performance to this audience of life.”

[@tracelee7332]

Imagine if everyone was bold enough to truly be themselves instead of always fighting to be seen, fighting for approval, fighting to protect your ego..

[@pps1223]

Beautiful! Mixed with nice music.

[@ryanmillward585]

still the best video on youtube

[@diegocazt]

I come back to this video from time to time since 2017 when i make a promise to my self to achieve a goal that was far of my posibilities... and now, im just 5 days to achieve it. If youre goin to try, go all the way, there is no other feeling like that.

[@jordanobrien4377]

A modest thank you to the uploader, and my undying gratitude to Mr. Bukowski. I will be here, listening often, that I might accept this affirmation into my being. Here is to the dusting off of the midnight lantern. You've the muses to yourself while the world sleeps.

[@Cicero-Bass-n-Drums]

I'm in the craziest time in my life, and this right here amplified it infinite times.

[@asdf85581]

One of the most beautiful things I have seen on You Tube. Thank you for sharing this with us

[@jamesaustin1628]

beautiful & uplifting. a masterpiece of not only poetry but video

[@bacevs]

"Do It, Do It, Do It, Do It" **chills**

[@bioniclegoblin6495]

It's not the Jedi way...

[@vastreya3092]

This poem makes me cry 100% of the time. I love it beyond words

[@pinfold1000]

I went through addiction, homelessness, mental illness sober found myself reading Bukowski from the film barfly Mickey Rourke.

[@fairygodmomma2313]

Perfect timing, thank you.

[@TheVoiceofReason4ya]

Everyone dies, not everyone truly lives.

[@parkermorgan7565]

Some fire's once started can never be cooled.

[@odysseusthephilosopher6993]

I did it. I sacrificed everything-lost it all, even my mind in the process. And yet, it was worth it. It was all a test. Alone with the Gods, I faced the fire of the night.

[@Luv_n_grace]

And the nights will flame with fire ...its the only good fight there is. thank you for sharing.

[@sanchopanza3168]

Dank je wel voor deze geweldige productie.

[@SteveKamb]

Absolutely incredible. Thank you for creating and sharing this.

[@rafaelfreitas2172]

This video wouldn't be so epic without Tom's voice. It's so deep, it talks directly to you.

[@durgeshrai6021]

Yes

[@Checkersss]

Wow, everything about this video is beautiful. Bukowski is so amazing... I love him.

[@peterkomensky2398]

Three days ago I broke up with my girlfriend. It's hard but this poem give me the power to go all the way....Thanks sir!

[@WillemMartinot]

I'm sorry to heard that Peter, but I'm glad this poem gave you some comfort. Take care, Willem

[@peterkomensky2398]

Thank you Willem for your support I really appreciate it.

[@lulubeloo]

Hold on, my friend. Keep your mind busy and make new friends. Heal it up!

[@asderso]

there is nothing more PAINFUL then breaking up with your girl. IF you really liked her. SHE will never come back and you will never find a girl like her. Been there done that. SHE will always haunt you, as YOUR miserable failure. IF you liked her for real.

[@user-ot4rc9jh8e]

this poem isnt for your girlfriend, its for people trying to buy a new car -brian griffin

[@Wll212]

Such an outstanding piece of poetry, I will be forever grateful for the person who sent me this and reminded me to keep going all the way, no matter what, you’ll always be special to me ♥️.

[@Exotikamodel]

I AM IN AWE OF THIS VIDEO.... thank you; its touched me, deeply. -Exotika

[@martinmancoescobar]

How a few linked words gets you up. Such a eternity brings you just a short sentences.

[@j.elizabethlight8335]

This is perfect. The words, the imagery, and the music are absolutely beautiful together. It is hope in the face of the pain and darkness of life. This is a gift you have given my soul. Thank you. Thank you.

[@dgia727]

What a beautiful poem

[@laithsu]

Every now and then I start to feel that I am losing purpose and momentum, so I return to this video. Thank you Willem Martinot.

[@OneMinuteMusicalPoetry]

This is amazing piece of poetry combined with a fine direction and perfect blend of music! Thank You for bringing the Golden words alive!

[@0ldar]

I've had this video bookmarked for over a year. Just wanted to say thanks for making this. It is truly fantastic.

[@Prithvi92raj]

Love it all the way :) Poem, Direction, Song, Narrator

[@fedjajuvan8842]

Some incredible work, outrageous talent and stubborn dedication to overcome all the limitations of mediums in order to capture the sheer radiance of pure love, going on here... This piece has caught me completely off guard and I am a sobbing mess of grateful tears at the moment... THANK YOU!!!

[@Dave-Sepesy]

The gods delight in you.

[@billmichalski6893]

Clarity is being undivided from the cosmos. Sincerely William Michalski Jr

[@Ryawa_Shpoora]

I wish I could type more than just THANK YOU. Combined with Mr. Bedlam and Mr. Anderson, this is so powerful it seems I cannot find the right words. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND MIND

[@WillemMartinot]

L00B0 K you’re welcome!

[@valthas1703]

Really good. Btw the poem is called Roll The Dice.

[@angga8746]

It is mentioned at the end of the video

[@WillemMartinot]

And in the description ;-)

[@FizzFizzFizzFizzFizz]

Working towards a big goal at the moment.. I wake up each week day at 4am, have a cold shower and listen to this...

[@mizoozem]

This video should be an academy award winner

[@enso7890]

Thank you. My favourite Bukowski poem.

[@jdequa]

This is a piece of art. Thank you. You get to my soul with this video.

[@digitaltrix]

I have been educated with an it bachelors and medical degree and as of recent even a real estate license and yet this video was a gift passed on from a friend who clearly could see I am trying to walk a different path. My father, who passed in 2011, was my only inspiration but after his passing and a divorce I have found myself not fulfilled. Now I am living proof that the poetry of Bukowski is true. I am no longer in touch with my family or friends and have broken up a 3 year relationship with someone who couldn't understand me. Even though I took to isolating myself before I saw this video it is true that isolation has rightfully been the gift that has allowed me to understand myself and aspire for more. Today I have no contact with my blood family or friends and have self imposed myself to seclusion. I am trying something very creative in uncharted waters for myself, much to the chagrin of the people that would say they love me. And yet I see no sincerity in them. I am looked down upon and constantly told that I am losing it. This video brought me to tears and continues to inspire me as I stand on the precipice of my own self discovery. I have no guarantees and yet I am sure I will go all the way. Thank you Charles Bukowski.

[@ryanfatal]

as terrence mckenna would say, 'find the others'. You're not alone in these thoughts

[@sometrixcymaddicts1540]

Thank you for making this powerful video. Has given me much unexpected inspiration. I do not have that happen alot. I really relate with this as a struggling musician following his dreams. Reminds me to ride to perfect laughter, and fight the good fight.

[@GIORGIOP1968]

Willem Martinot:An excellent job.Eternal inspiration.

[@gregorypatriciaandjiyajais8819]

beautiful and spoken with an very wise message

[@ProlificPops]

This is possibly the best video on the Internet

[@myminddrips]

This has been in my favourites here for a long time now and damn - it is still inspiring af. what a timeless treasure you created!

[@WillemMartinot]

Timeless treasure... what a nice comment. Thank you!

[@arumnirden9275]

“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery - isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.”

[@eslamtripleh]

I really needed this amazing work. You have no idea how much difference you've made for me. I can never thank you enough. Extreme creativity ... keep it up, Willem ... simply astonishing.

[@zerocurve758]

Stay authentic people. Fuck the haters. BUT remain authentic.

[@OlivierBergeronHoude]

Awesome visuals, amazing music, and this poem is just.. Wow. This gave me goosebumps

[@cosmicexplorer22]

your films evoke a certain sense of emotion, feeling and inspiration in all the right ways. the shots, angles and lighting are all excellent as well. it is one thing to be able to tell a story, but to be able to tell it in ways that touch the inner depths of one's soul makes you a truly great artist.

[@RobertMagier]

Thank you. Very good movie.

[@modmens]

Amazing poet Amazing poem Amazing music Amazing directer Amazing film Thank you Willem Martinot

[@WillemMartinot]

Thank you, Nai!

[@growlikethewind5788]

this will be my new morning alarm sound, thanks charles.

[@annym.8170]

Same!!!

[@MarlaSimone]

Clear and concise. The highs and the lows of the price you pay. Beautiful.

[@ValIlias]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ethanbielik8213]

This is phenomenal.

[@deniingilizovski]

English isn't my native language, as a matter of fact my native language is not even close to English. All of my grammar professors taught me, that the best way to perceive books (and art in general) is by reading it (or grasping it) in your own native language. But when I read some the work this man has left to the world, I don't read, I feel.(Which is something that none of the art forms, in my native has done to me) Bukowski is the most influential soul that has ever floated trough a typewriter. And this video is just a perfect reflection of his work. I'm proud to say, that non of my professors were right. Art is more than reading (or listening), therefore it doesn't need to be in one's native language, on the contrary it just needs feelings. And this man has engraved his words into mine.

[@Earbly]

you seem like a cool guy. I love bukowski as well and I feel the same way about feeling his work.

[@deniingilizovski]

+Drew Glad that you have that opinion. :)

[@phaedrussmith1949]

What is your native language?

[@patbreitkopf2351]

UNSTOPPABLE!!!

[@ScaniaEtPalingenesis]

I lived with drugs and alcohol for six years to write it down in my soon to come book. I went all the way. I lost several girlfriends, a couple of jobs, my family and almost my daughter. But I did go all the way.

[@mentalcompassno1]

ScaniaEtPalingenesis such a hard journey

[@wisdomisintelligencelovere2520]

ScaniaEtPalingenesis Welcome to the club! Could you email me, maybe? I would like to converse about our experiences and things at present. [e-mail]. I am looking for people like us. :)

[@loosekarrott]

pretty pathetic to be honest dude.

[@badegg3210]

And - I need to ask - were you all the happier for going all the way?

[@coreycox2345]

You write well, Grif. I have had some of the same experiences. When I was doing my most exciting work, I was sometimes surprised to realize that I was so intense I startled people at the supermarket. I may do work that excites me again. If I do, I will keep up the yoga to help smooth out the edges.

[@blasterblaster4015]

This poem is really uplifting when you think about it in the context of going after your passion or something. but when you think about people who have thoughts about things like murder reading this poem and gets motivated by it, it gets real dark real quick.

[@odyens]

Beautiful, beautiful... Thank you

[@LF1000]

If i came across this 15 years ago. My life would be different... completely different

[@sidi0258]

“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.” thank u sidi

[@dreamscape1684]

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you. A gift.

[@mariamendozadealviarez5194]

Absolutamente maravilloso. Sublime.

[@nville8795]

I always come back to this...

[@anvanscorpio]

Yes. "DO IT. ALL THE WAY. " Perfect. Applause!

[@jptheflipper3825]

Never before or since have truer words been spoken, if we are to live by any saying live by this

[@gasolinenmatches23]

This changed my life...All the way.

[@megadivine111]

One of my songs is call All The Way...when I found this Bukowski gem a minute ago I had to click........it's exactly that ...I am the one I've been waiting for...Go ahead, do it get with you....gorgeous

[@Deloco619]

9 years later, this still brings me to tears & goosebumps. Most validation I’ve gotten in this life. Bless your soul Sir Charles Bukowski and the artists that put this together perfectly ❤️✨

[@MrAbruer18]

Do it. Props to the voice actor! Bukowski had such a great style of reading, I was afraid it wouldn't be on par, but it certainly was.

[@DanDDirges]

I`ve got a strong urge to fly but I`ve got nowhere to fly to - fly to - fly to - fly to - echo out

[@NoHayNadieEnCasa]

I find this poem so inspiring and the short that you made is just beautiful. I felt a Malick vibe out of it and I loved it!

[@theintrastellar]

EXACTLY what I needed, EXACTLY when I needed it. Thank you. Also, EXCELLENT production value. Perfect.

[@HaydenGladstonePT]

The mixing of creative styles; collaboration of climactic expressions to form a piece worthy of apotheoses. Thank you for your inimitable addition to the world of art

[@darthfaders6477]

Wow. This is life changing if applied. Wow. Listen twice daily. Have a goal. A plan. And believe. Listen to this. Achieve.

[@colinblack3846]

This sublime piece of work and my recent discovery of 'Fly Boy' (To be found in New Poems Vol 1) were both deeply personal and had significant impact on me, I'm grateful for the words.

[@edendhaliwal]

A masterpiece. In every way.

[@user-ur5yg3cx8t]

1300 November 7 So here's the deal i found this video about two years ago and decided to build my life the way i want it but i never put in the work now I'm starting again looking at my track record I'm not confident but this times there something different, this time i have a purpose, so lets see

[@666DEATHMETALRULES]

This poem is tremendously marvelous.

[@wuhwerth]

Die unsagbar. Hier wäre C.B. Gast gewesen und du hast mir ohne Worte mein Bier gebracht. Da war alles noch einfach.... Nadine.