The Genius of the Crowd by Charles Bukowski

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[@Gladiator-wy5qb]

"If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose." - Charles Bukowski.

[@justaperson9155]

Wow this is a great quote. Thank you

[@bait5257]

The most underrated quote

[@dribrahamghanem3694]

If you're losing your soul and you know it, clap your hands!

[@valhatan3907]

@@dribrahamghanem3694 im starting to singing lol

[@royallen2848]

💚

[@bonesaredollars1172]

Not being able to love fully they will believe your love incomplete. That one hits home.

[@illneas]

My favorite.

[@johnp7776]

My favorite

[@oc5515]

kevin coots what does it mean exactly? English is not my first languge

[@drodi7320]

too close

[@uncertainboy8893]

@@oc5515 they dont have a full understanding of what love is. What they think it is, is probably something that was fed to them or something their minds created and they have it as a fact. So when they see how you express your love they think its wrong or incomplete. Thats how i understand it.

[@AnthonyLiccione]

"As a child, I was afraid of the dark and the monsters on the outside. As a man, I run away from the light, afraid to show the monsters within."

[@dipakbhoi6255]

because the monsters of outside have found you and instead of devouring you they chose to live within you...

[@bryce7488]

Those monsters inside, you can benefit from as long as you remain in control.

[@Yuval.P.]

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” -plato

[@johncameron5081]

Is life that deep

[@trindinwright6374]

@@johncameron5081 deeper still

[@thekhan517]

"I am just smart enough, to know how dumb I am." - Richard Feynman

[@pellestroika177]

Exactly

[@talelhammami9845]

What are magnets ?

[@_LinusVanPelt]

this

[@carloslaend1635]

Sounds like a ripoff of Aristotle's "All I know is I know nothing"

[@aldean5494]

@@carloslaend1635 "I know that I know nothing" is a saying derived from Plato's account of Socrates. Not Aristotle.

[@CanadianPrepper]

"Beware the knowers, for they are afraid of what they do not know"

[@iphoneusdsd]

to all know it all teachers..

[@thepedrorriva]

that's not even in the original poem. For some reason the video excluded that part. It goes like this: "Beware the preachers Beware the knowers Beware those who are always reading books Beware those who either detest poverty Or are proud of it Beware those quick to praise For they need praise in return Beware those who are quick to censor They are afraid of what they do not know"

[@hiabiy]

@@iphoneusdsd this is hilarious haha

[@sonofbattles]

@@thepedrorriva true, but bukowski read this out loud, so it is canon.

[@thepedrorriva]

@@sonofbattles what?

[@JohnSmith-hv3zj]

"Beware the quiet man. For while others speak, he watched. And while others act, he plans. And when they finally rest… he strikes."

[@SiddharthSingh-gg7sb]

Hitler it is

[@ayanahmed2346]

@@SiddharthSingh-gg7sb indeed,

[@jonathanbeny]

no, i just have anxiety

[@nathanmerritt1581]

@Joey Bukowski oh piss off!

[@haziqarief9169]

yes leeds

[@gauravsinha6060]

'There is genius in their hatred. There is enough genius in their hatred to kill you. To kill anybody.' Don't you ever underestimate these words.

[@TwistedTransistor88]

shown again during the corona episode. most people believe everything they hear. and hate those who don't.

[@Hogivs]

Yet do not be not afraid whatever happens. Don't let fear guide your life.

[@annalisavajda252]

Yeah hive mind cancel culture.

[@christophermiller6614]

Fucking Hell. I see exactly what he is talking about.

[@_bored_wrld]

explains my appendix rupture.

[@BenedictGS]

"If you are stupid, imitate, whatever quote they communicate" -Wisémen

[@blackmuskveetandoor2487]

😂😂😂

[@annalisavajda252]

Nah some just acknowledge what resonates most personally at that time. A phrase or lyric is sentimental or nostalgic perhaps.

[@naxah2118]

You have exactly done the same thing🤣🤣You ve quouted about the stupidity of people qoute's

[@bobcabot]

...you cannot find Bukowski: He finds you...

[@rahulsehrawat7120]

Nah it's just a stupid algorithm ...basically it's an fuck all index search

[@Thymamai]

rahul sehrawat you missed it, you missed the train. Sorry friend.

[@thomashovgaard3134]

True

[@cuauhtemocmorisco3493]

True.

[@rubenterrazas2722]

That just happened to me right fucking now. Whoa.

[@sin3.144]

Beware your self, For you are like the rest.

[@zoiwebon5515]

But from the rest we must part ,for solitud is needed to be able to change when required for well being.

[@whiteobama3032]

Bukowski certainly was not like "the rest". The man was pretty much a maniac

[@hatrack5977]

Don't join the herd

[@ShauryaChawlaprayforplagues]

he would never say that

[@nersha8472]

@@ShauryaChawlaprayforplagues The same lines are hidden in the poem.

[@aleksinako5006]

Bukowski once said: There is loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of a clock’s hand.

[@user-di7tg7qf6u]

When one second feels like one second, everyday feels so long.

[@husseinkdouh2940]

I could watch and listen to this a thousand times and never get bored.

[@husseinkdouh2940]

what a master piece

[@ashleysaunders9947]

No one gives you love. You are love. Bukowski ,deeper than hell..

[@Blindspot7563]

@@ashleysaunders9947 I like that

[@AM-wv5qy]

And there are poems in school...... God they are sooo boring not a single one from 10 year taught me anything

[@donniedarkko422]

Beware of he who smelt it, for they are the ones who dealt it

[@illneas]

Hahahaha

[@Fromkin1]

Donnie Darkko lol

[@aaronf8915]

GOD

[@charlescrowell4981]

Ben Franklin fart proudly society. We won't be silenced!

[@felcorn7453]

I’m fucking weak. U made my day.😂

[@owlcu]

"God bless those who seek the truth; god protect us from those who think they've found it". - proverb

[@user-wb4dk7hq5g]

owlcu beware the knowers

[@amr154]

Who said that?

[@movement2contact]

@@amr154 some made-up character *of course* ...

[@movement2contact]

@Jake the Astronaut *you're

[@yakojjy]

Clearly this poem went over your head.

[@vedant9634]

Look, I preach peace, and I don't have it, nor have I have love. This line crushed me and I have a lot of thinking to do

[@maryjanethompsonthefirst]

Striking for sure. Struck my ❤

[@Ms.AnnThrope]

Awareness is the first step. Now you can work on it.

[@jaredbond7908]

poor guy. don't worry about it. I believe in you. 👍

[@manishrathore2486]

No no no, do you preach it everywhere, every chance you get to talk to people? I mean, nobody likes violence and i also preach peace but i do know that sometimes it is the only solution but there are people out there especially people in power( politicians) who preach peace and do horrible things under the table.

[@09kaustubh]

You will be fine if you stay with this consciousness.

[@metaphysicalmigraine694]

'Never underestimate the stupidity of a crowd'-George Carlin.

[@shrayantchoudhary9616]

EX- crowd on JULIUS CAESAR's death. The best example of crowd stupidity.... Which is now used by all political parties of the world. Coz people have sold their common sense to them.. 🙏🙏. 🙏🙏

[@metaphysicalmigraine694]

@@shrayantchoudhary9616 Not far kin wrong. People rather believe lies from the 'proper gander' machine, the T.V. They're so used to listening to lies. 'It's easier to fool someone than convince them they've been fooled.'

[@metaphysicalmigraine694]

@Bill Johnson Don't get run over:)

[@mystical_shreya]

​@@stratosphere2323 No way is right way there can always be a better way . There would still be terrible things but with more amazing things . There cant be a way better than democracy for now.

[@kolonelfranz31]

Beware. Democracy is all we have in this era. What other system would provide you all the privileges you are enjoying and even give you the luxury of being able to give the comment you gave? Probably with your smartphone or laptop, all provided by democracy and capitalism. Maybe there is a better way, but changing systems is risky. Even with the best intentions and well thought over. For changes can backfire. big changes have a long history of unexpected side effects that sometimes lead to the death of millions and millions of people. Lenin meant well, the system was sick, but he never anticipated Stalin. And that's just one example. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Be careful what you wish.

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

Well this is something to talk about at parties.

[@illneas]

You must be fun at parties.

[@abadabamcyadadya7896]

Brilliant comment

[@shizzle1903]

🤣😂

[@xjuanp]

Invite me to such parties, please

[@docholiday8315]

You aint much fun outside of parties either.

[@johnadamski9913]

Beware of those that need constant crowds........

[@TINMANHOANG]

*For Misery loves company indeed.*

[@glowiever]

Yea, those fucking extroverts

[@GordonGarvey]

For they would be nothing without their Instagram followers

[@tylerperkinson1677]

@@GordonGarvey fuckin' scary accurate.

[@crazy4jbiebz]

Purdy Mouth I don’t think the aim of that statement was to hate on extroverts.. they have problems of their own and they are probably the loneliest group of people, please be sensitive

[@user-zc4hg4qg7j]

This helped me escape from a abusive relationship. Its not dark if you're in a dark enough place.

[@heavyt749]

Hope things have improved x

[@user-zc4hg4qg7j]

They have. Thank you ​@@heavyt749

[@amandeepgupta5133]

This entire piece isn't just the mastery of picking the right poem and narrator, but also the right music and video to compliment the poem. The music and the video make sense, loved it!

[@lenakrupinski6303]

So beautiful 💜💜💜💜🎻🎻🎶🎶🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@hitman-br9un]

But music is to f.... loud!!!! That aint good

[@annalisavajda252]

I do prefer Bukowski himself narrating but this will do.

[@Pj.stare321]

Beware of those who give love too easily, they'll take it back just the same.

[@NK-kj5ms]

how painfully true

[@ifisawyourreplyiwillanswerback]

Oof~

[@Death_Incarnate]

Damn, that is incredibly true.

[@rye-bread5236]

Yep. I'm definitely one of those. I'm very friendly and will hang out with most but if you betray my trust I'll drop you and forget your existence. Life's too short to waste time on something so trivial. Love is not an essential but its a nice commodity to have.

[@cristinaivanet7733]

So true!

[@SP-mf9sh]

Beautiful. Solitude is the ONLY way to know yourself. Other people influence you and mold your character to fit theirs to help their gain. There are very few genuine people in this world but if you find one keep them. Just don't get influenced by them fully.

[@oc5515]

sarah Owens aré you one of these genuine people?

[@SP-mf9sh]

@@oc5515 yes I think so, I'm a selfless person. I like the simple things.

[@oc5515]

sarah Owens you got IG?

[@1967briano]

Kindness is the greatest of all qualities but the wrong ones see it as a sign of weakness.

[@cv4809]

@@SP-mf9sh you're just an average woman,your love is avarage,seeks avarage...

[@flpr777]

The music matches the message so very well Illneas it enhances the power of the words it climaxes at the right point in the poem then softens step by step leaving us with a shattered breathless heart. I loved both.

[@mycotinafulica8896]

This surely got to be my favorite of Charles Bukowski. The rawness, the blatant honesty -- makes every of my bones feel this poem!

[@annalisavajda252]

Style is maybe my favourite but this one is also poignant.

[@bebeezra]

This poem beautifully captures the Jungian *_shadow._*

[@mantequilla404]

Nearly all the real evil in the world is done by those who deem themselves shining beacons of perfect virtue.

[@ismayonnaiseaninstrument8700]

Some of the greatest leaders, writers, artists, and role models humanity has ever known, had themselves been as vulnerable as a newborn, been almost masochistically down on themselves, and yet they give to others the security and stability that they themselves lacked. Even when they’ve made it, and have all they could ever want, the best of them would trade all that away for innate peace and serenity, for true unconditional love, or simply for the fun of it. It’s funny. The extraordinary fellow could have the world bend to his word, and yet, what completes him or her is that exact thing the ordinary fellow takes for granted. And it often takes having your life collapse around you to understand that.

[@WateryFire]

D. Grieco The grass is always greener on the other side.

[@dmarcus3663]

@@ismayonnaiseaninstrument8700 You shone a light on the pitch dark road I'm treading and on the edge of giving up. Thank you.

[@GG-jj3hw]

@@ismayonnaiseaninstrument8700 that's nicely depicted in Hesse's Steppenwolf

[@tangobango9653]

‘Beware the preachers...Beware the knowers’ is the best advice you’ll ever hear in your life.

[@DeeDeex007o]

💯

[@JimmyJamesJimbo]

Quit preaching like you know 😉

[@taimour8982]

"Beware of those who don't know Charles Bukowski "

[@abocanots2224]

The dude who posted this doesn’t know Bukowski. He CENSORED the line, “Beware those quick to censor” Along with making a lot of other useless edits The poster of this video is the EXACT PERSON he is telling us to beware of This is my fav poem of Alltme and this dude ruined it

[@taimour8982]

@@abocanots2224 oh..

[@bait5257]

@@Rx99 xd

[@Nox.INkRecords]

🤣

[@jimihendrix6969]

Great line, bro.

[@hawns5198]

That’s 90 percent of all human beings, so don’t make the mistake of excluding or including yourself in what he spoke if your own conscience betrays it. Be honest and grow…..then you can truly love even when you are not loved

[@martinverbeek8862]

Only parents can love like that. Imagine your wife says she loves another dude? Imagine your kid saying he loves another mom. The onky thing you want for your child is to be happy no matter what.

[@bait5257]

@@martinverbeek8862 you can be a parent

[@codylakin288]

The line “not being able to love fully, they will believe your love incomplete” made me sit forward and gape, like “Oh my god.” Sometimes you learn something far too late about people-especially people you love, or even give your heart to. Damn. Fuck you, Bukowksi, you fucking genius. Also, amazing video!

[@deirdrestewart4394]

Powerful! beware those who seek constant *crowds* for they are nothing *alone!*

[@joshchapman4753]

“Beware the preachers, beware the knowers, they are afraid of what they do not know”. Perfect

[@simondeasy8866]

This is the first time ive commented on one of your videos but I cannot overstate what hope I have been given in the past months by the fact that people like you still exist. Thank you, from an Irish poet.

[@AbhilashNoxBaruahnx1ee7]

'Beware those quick to praise, for they need praise in return'

[@m3chris1]

See that all the damn time

[@Manhunternew]

does that mean if i praise other people alot i need praise myself? like, only giving compliments in order to get some myself? I am asking this because I give a lot of compliments

[@maggyfrog]

reaction channels 😂

[@perciousmatter7001]

I dispise praise, i really dont need someone to tell me im good. I need someone to tell me wats wrong with me and if that is true. Thats it.

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Women, basically

[@c.ksibaya2762]

He experienced the sublime not in a natural setting far from civilization but in civilization and was taken aback by the dangerous beauty of the everyday person. A genius 💯

[@giulianotomarchio6662]

I love the delivery of "Like a shining diamond". It reaches the peak

[@bn3412]

The whisper in the starting gives me chills.

[@pheonix4564]

The hardest part is that I see myself in these descriptions

[@basiaadamiec57]

I feel like this poem warns against becoming such that you wouldn't see yourself in these descriptions

[@theguy6640]

I think the point in the poem is to realize that potential of hate in yourself. To realize that no matter how much you've learned, how refined your mind or personality, how great of an artist you are, you still have a shadow that is jealous, lonely, afraid, and lashing out. Life is the torturous process of healing that shadow self

[@mesutramsey3620]

@@theguy6640 Thats called being human. And its only torturous only if you let it be.

[@yt-sh]

we all do, we all are humans... btw he did describe modst of the population anyway

[@hteur1]

That's the best part. That's the first step to changing.

[@edgarl1837]

"Beware those who seek constant crowds for They are nothing alone Beware the average man the average woman Beware their love, their love is average Seeks average But there is genius in their hatred There is enough genius in their hatred to kill you To kill anybody Not wanting solitude Not understanding solitude They will attempt to destroy anything That differs from their own Not being able to create art They will not understand art" dam

[@illneas]

Hits hard.

[@cv4809]

The last 2 lines perfectly describe post modernist "artists"

[@Miquel998]

C V or maybe they are describing you that unable to create it do not understand it

[@NPC-nh9ed]

@@Miquel998 Ooh Boy.......here you have the perpetual "artist" excuse nutshelled.........I don't suck , you're just too ignorant to realize how talented I am...............

[@stand-upjus-1039]

@@NPC-nh9ed 100%. Which is how we end up with blank paper and table chairs in modern art museums. "If you see that chair, which we are all in agreement is in fact a chair, yet all you see is a chair...your artistic soul has simply not yet been released." I heard this in LA at a museum from a staff member. I replied, "If I take that chair and bash it over your head, and you file an assault charge against me, yet your victim-soul has not yet been released. In that action I see artistic expression." We went to look at paintings next.

[@sneharasheed8368]

The visuals and the verses come together so well!

[@abrar4466]

They think they are hating, but in reality they are hating themselves.

[@Rossjmann]

"Beware those who assign blame, for they lack responsibility"

[@Destrobius]

In this regard, can justifiable blame exist at all?

[@charms48]

@@Destrobius the moment we understand that there is no one to blame we realise that the problem was never in assigning it, it was in accepting it.

[@ObjectiveAnalysis]

"Beware those who are wary of others, for they are wary of themselves."

[@stantrien8106]

As anyone should be.

[@CJVS995]

Those wary of themselves are often the wisest and the wisest are the ones to watch for they are the knowers.

[@ramanrao2260]

"They will understand their failures as creators only as failures of world"

[@TheGedoch]

As it is

[@FootballChapp]

Absolutely amazing. I’m sat here crying this hit me like a tonne of bricks. So powerful.

[@jimihendrix6969]

Some of us get there.

[@somerandomperson5574]

"when he said beware thoose who seek crowds" i felt it

[@stonew1927]

I'm so grateful to have found this station. Thank you for creating art that reminds humanity of its soul . . .

[@dsevans7362]

coming back to this video again and again these ast few years it makes me feel not alone

[@Dojasadi3458]

I love this narrator... He does great job in delivering the feelings of the poem

[@MissAdamLambert888]

He's an absolute genius.

[@illneas]

MissAdamLambert888 Raw wisedom based on everyday experiences

[@MissAdamLambert888]

Sooo incredibly beautiful ! I am moved to tears right now. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@illneas]

MissAdamLambert888 Thank you so much. It really means a lot to me to have a positive feedback

[@MissAdamLambert888]

Awee you're welcome ! You did an amazing job with this one. Hope you're having a great day/night. Thank you for touching my heart with this !

[@illneas]

MissAdamLambert888 Thank you for being a nice person. I wish you you as well to have a nice night/day :)

[@anotherjuan]

idk why youtube recommended this to me although i love charles bukowski and i thoroughly enjoyed this video, i just don’t usually watch poems on youtube hahhahaa

[@illneas]

the internet sunshine is on me

[@FilipMacioszek]

John P. Hahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahha

[@MRIDDLE72]

John P. poem? this is real shit not a poem

[@lolwithsean]

KZbin knew you needed it.

[@claudiamanta1943]

Very accurate.

[@dritanvarfi5274]

Any time I listen to this, I seem not to get enough of it...I just want to cry...for the geniality a human being is capable of, a human being named Charles Bukowski!

[@zacthompson784]

one of the most powerful and personally effecting poems i have ever heard. Unreal.

[@rphanmurphy8385]

His writing is so pure I love the words and how he stitches sentences together. Dirty old man

[@hlogiekwenaite5501]

This video clip is loved beyond words by my soul . Thank you illneas

[@ampires1976]

I'm in Love with the poem, the narrator, the music building momentum congratulations

[@makeamericabigdickagain5250]

life is hard; death is easy. if you wanted to torture somebody; you ought to take everything that he has been living for...

[@dvdbox360]

But afterlife is harder

[@TheGeorey]

@stevenstrumpf7 bullshit

[@TheGeorey]

@stevenstrumpf7 bullshit

[@importrev]

You mean the divorce I’m going through? Lolz

[@broletsgo]

„ He who has a why to life for, Can bear almost any how“ -Nietzsche

[@robbiepeterh]

Every word, every line is so precise and powerful.

[@bryce7488]

That background music though! Simply stunning!

[@roha8747]

This is my fav work of him, out of the ones I've listened so far.

[@jacobstelter5912]

What beautiful music! Makes the poem hit a deeper level in my heart!

[@ons9977]

A masterpiece💕 I will never get enough of listening to it never ..

[@ricka.masaana1100]

What a beautiful piece, so deep, so touching

[@mingonmongo1]

OMG, such emotional power! Also reminds me of his advice on being a good writer, to never 'waste' any words and always make sure that every one of 'em has 'juice'.

[@draxthemsklonst]

There is enough treachery, hatred, violence, absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army, on any given day. And the best at murder are those who preach against it. And the best at hate are those who preach love. And the best at war, finally, are those who preach peace. Those who preach God, need God. Those who preach peace do not have peace. Those who preach peace do not have love. Beware the preachers. Beware the knowers. They're afraid of what they do not know. Beware those quick to praise, for they need praise in return. Beware those who seek constant crowds for they are nothing alone. Beware the average man, the average woman: beware their love, their love is average; seeks average. But there is genius in their hatred. There is enough genius in their hatred to kill you, to kill anybody. Not wanting solitude, not understanding solitude, they will attempt to destroy anything that differs from their own. Not being able to create art, they will not understand art. They will consider their failure as creators only as a failure of the world. Not being able to love fully, they will believe your love incomplete, and then they will hate you. And their hatred will be perfect: like a shining diamond, like a knife, like a mountain, like a tiger, like hemlock. Their finest art.

[@djordjeroncevic4697]

So sweet

[@matchuu-rang1690]

Matthew, Many thanks for conscripting this post, much obliged.

[@deepanshuverma9651]

What is this poem or paragraph is about🤔

[@Sms7426]

@@deepanshuverma9651 people like u who wouldn’t understand

[@pseudonymousbeing987]

@@Sms7426 Oh I that case it must be very shallow and unintelligent since it's subject matter is shallow and unintelligent. Still, I wonder what it means.

[@moonshadow2724]

This helps the pain in my heart

[@illneas]

Love your comment, glad it helps

[@benji.B-side]

I hope that pain goes away, bless you. The pain in your heart is just an uncut diamond, waiting for you to cut away the rough and make it sparkle like dew drops in the morning sun.

[@winros3042]

Me too!

[@nalissolus9213]

Because you have been wronged and want justice, and you are disappointed in how bad people keep getting away with their dirty tricks. Yor disappointed in the cowardness that allows it. The voice reading this is like a judgemental figure finally exposing the bad people and bringing them to justice, it's like a revenge fantasy, like hellfire to those who have sinned. Sadly no such judgement day will come and evil-doers will get away with their ways. But those with a conscience can't play their games, cause they will be filled with self-disgust.

[@dannystuart-cummins4327]

This is litterally my favourite video on KZbin, I've repeatedly viewed it over the past three years. Thankyou for this.

[@johnpruett2255]

Watch Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan....it's wonderful.

[@Gauchland]

When you recognise many others and yourself in this poem, you will understand it more deeply. You must experience each stage in full grief, anger or regret. It is understood in isolated perspectives, and only then can they merge.

[@user-zc4hg4qg7j]

It's nice to read a comment from an individual who understands

[@gmod8033]

Everyone is in this poem. 100%

[@cm8465]

This one hit me hard.. Bukowski's poetry with a narrator's voice is a whole other level.

[@vudu8ball]

Great to hear Tom OBedlam. A great voice, a fine video and Bukowski, makes for a very emotional experience.

[@chinmaybarik]

This is mind-blowing.

[@michaeltellurian825]

The guy's a genius. "Sunny days are the darkest." "There's nothing drier than water." "It's funny because it's sad." You can't beat an oxymoron for seeming depth of understanding.

[@xyaeiounn]

To overthink it, he overlays differing levels of life experience, where the best times can contain the worst and the greatest pleasures facilitate the greatest loss. his real genius is to point to stuff that was always there but nobody noticed it. Not simply mixing opposites.

[@ToughVato]

His pessimism almost comes out; not like “Theirs no point in being good” but more like “the wrong virtue at the wrong time is a vice” And knowing who Charles Bukowski is, he is definitely very skilled and more understanding of vices than most of us hahahaha

[@creativecatproductions]

This poem was written as a criticism of the counter culture of the 1960s. He saw some literary mainstreamish popularity writing for socialist underground newspapers in LA. This brought him into contact with hippies and would be revolutionaries. Like almost everyone he came to associate with regularly his disgust for them eventually fell out through the tip of his pen. He hated their pretense. Their talk about saving the world. To him they were into a fad. They were merely following the crowd, and people who follow things are historically dangerous. The crux of everything he writes about comes down to the importance of authenticity and personal intentionality. He doesn’t hate the hippies because they’re hippies. He doesn’t hate the suburbanites because they are suburbanites. He hates that people are only motivated by the movement of other people, that they don’t really grasp their own reason for doing the things they do….but are instead so easily led. Their love is mediocre. This is the same man who said that: “Some lose all mind and become soul, insane. Some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual. Some lose both (mind and soul) and they become accepted. To be acceptable. To fit in. To go with the mob, is for Bukowski the worst fate that befalls people. Not because he’s a contrarian, but because he recognizes that unless you both truly understand and truly feel what you do, you do it poorly, and you became a tool for strong willed people who will dominate whatever potential you may have had to do anything meaningful in your life, either for good or bad. That’s what this poem is about.

[@berniezhang8678]

Another bottle in my hand, another night Another bar stool where I sit and think Of all the times I've stumbled and I've fallen And all the chances I have dared to take. I've been a fool, I've been a wastrel too I've laughed and cried and never looked back But still I stand, with bottle in my hand Defying fate, and all its icy tracks. I've seen the beauty of the world, and yet I've seen the ugliness too, and known despair But still I drink, and still I raise a bet Against the odds, and all the world may bear. So let me drink, and raise a final toast To life and love, and all the joy it brings, despite the cost.

[@BoltonRoy]

@@berniezhang8678 what is this from

[@ZachByrd]

Been reading Bukowski since 13 and never has he spoken louder.

[@sportsportsport]

He'll speak the loudest as your about to die.

[@khatomacharashvili5038]

Bukowski is the greatest bastard of the world. Greatest gift and love.

[@illneas]

True

[@TheSlimmshadyy]

"Beware of those who talk about haters, for they are hateful themselves".

[@_LinusVanPelt]

thank you ❣️

[@bowieshowie6378]

Beautifully powerful. Beware of those who see geniuses, for their misunderstanding of something higher will not see themselves.... Thus concludes Einstein's saying we're all genuises, just find your niche.

[@tarmanjrakathegooch]

Well put lil kim.well put.

[@vitiate7750]

That's rabble stuf

[@may0zrooski660]

Not all niches are beautiful, pragmatic, utilitarian, worthwhile, fulfilling. No one preoccupation should monopolize your total being. Einstein was smart but his pithy philosophies were often spread as the result of celebrity, not celerity.

[@may0zrooski660]

Also, beware average men and women because they have to convince themselves they love themselves and so their capacity for love is capped at average so they cannot appreciate genius so they avoid genius and find ways to teach themselves that genius is bad or wrong.

[@AmadeuShinChan]

[ if I cannot discern the genius from the fool, all it is, is a communist's-wet dream. Better than with Einstein go with Nikola Tesla, who did not have to marry with a close relative, but was a creator with his inventions, that can decide over life and death. Even better, go with Geniuses of our times: Chris Langan/David-Wynn: Miller. Not appreciating genius for what it is, is wrong and must fail.]

[@Nostalgianostalgia7]

I genuinely love this so damn much.

[@jonatansleiers9021]

Why did you exclude some of the lines in this poem? Including, ironically, ”beware those who are quick to censor”.

[@robik9885]

My favorite so far. Thank you for sharing.

[@biogeniclife]

Utterly thrilling to watch this in these times we are in.

[@hjtres7261]

I love everything about this. Thank you 😊

[@illneas]

Thank you :)

[@plantedbarnacle3353]

Not simply a poem, a warning

[@shaneodwyer6132]

This is 1 of my all time favourite poems, thank you so much

[@echofoxtrot2.051]

Wow! This is sheer genius. I have goosebumps all over. I wish people would listen more to this, and let to their shallow desires that bring no meaning to their existence.

[@asal4622]

I don’t want people to listen to this. That’s the point.

[@adrianops7]

The music is on point - perfect video and editing.

[@illneas]

Thank you, it means a lot

[@ronin5614]

A bit loud though, it drowns out the narration at points

[@gaylandbarney2231]

@@ronin5614 too "inspirational" for my taste..... trying too hard to convince one , not unlike a militarily band jerking you into an appearance of patriotism............AND too loud Coltrane maybe ?

[@moris5262]

illneas Whats is that music? Please

[@badmudafucka4448]

@@illneas they´re lazy, its very good, my brother.

[@johnheart6890]

Amazing in every way! Thank you so much!

[@superbiolog]

Name of the song?

[@chaz_indeed8465]

Brilliant!

[@zainabsyed1230]

This is beautiful. Waking up in the morning with existential anguish staring back from the ceiling, listening to these words make more sense than anything else in the world right not.

[@zainabsyed1230]

*now

[@fmolina7]

Chills. Literally chills.

[@presslartzztocontinue3148]

I can listen to this on repeat all night

[@LuisofLosAngeles]

This narrator’s voice is perfect. I just heard him read an English translation of Neruda. Makes me feel poetry again.

[@deweese9774]

Who is the narrator

[@RadicalAntifa]

@@deweese9774 Tom O'Bedlam is the narrator here, I believe.

[@Ferraday_]

*This Man Was Ahead Of His Time*

[@BasketballJones1977]

This is gorgeous. Such great poems and videos

[@darkcircles7117]

Gave me chills!!

[@BotPiotr]

In computer science, there's a saying going like : "don't underestimate the ingenuity of a moron".

[@fixiple2722]

please explain

[@evan2electricboogaloo199]

@@fixiple2722 if I had to guess it means something along the lines of don't under estimate someone's ability to get a result the wrong way.

[@fixiple2722]

@@evan2electricboogaloo199 interesting. Thank you!

[@bannedmann4469]

@@fixiple2722 They're like a destructive force of nature. They're born to kill us all and destroy all things. All they need is the opportunity.

[@user-lt9oc8vf9y]

@@bannedmann4469 "they"

[@zetek5593]

The music is killing it. PERFECTION!

[@superharry1]

I only just discovered that you've edited the source material, but i like what you've done here better. 'Beware the knowers, they are afraid of what they do not know,' is far more striking and clear, and stood out for me when i first saw this (having also not read the full poem at the time).

[@johnpruett2255]

What a hauntingly beautiful video.