Sad Steps by Philip Larkin

[@illneas]

The sound at 1:44 is my favorite part.

[@فيدوهاتمنوعة-ر8ر]

This person who reading where can i find his channel?!

[@serpentbourn138]

The voice in many of your pieces is your own or not? The reader has a very powerful voice and is great at voice over work, or if he is not doing it, he should....or if it is indeed you, you should. If I had to guess, you are a talented producer and artist, and I would be curious and excited to know anything else artistic you are involved in creating.

[@illneas]

@@varna8918 Thank you for watching my works, I don't paint a friend of mine does. The cat video is the most important video on this channel.

[@illneas]

I list the narrator in the description.

[@illneas]

@@serpentbourn138 It's not my voice, I always list the narrator in the description, in this poem, it's Tom o'Bedlam. Maybe one day i will share more from my life and creative endeavors.

[@oghenemaeroeguwe86]

"I have no enemies but my friends don't like me"... deep

[@illneas]

I also liked it.

[@eightjanuary8328]

Look like me.

[@alexeivoncarstein8286]

I felt that on a deep level

[@asmitachatterjee5146]

Your videos make me cry. And sometimes I need to. Thank you for letting the flood gates open with your art.

[@illneas]

Do what you feel like, I hope watching my videos is a joyful experience despite the tears

[@sojujoseph3690]

The hardness and the brightness and the plain far-reaching singleness of that wide stare is a reminder of the strength and pain of being young that it can't come again 💜

[@anomienormie8126]

To me it feels of vigour and less of hopelessness. The moon is older than any of us looking up at it, yet it dashes through still like racing howling wolves. Most of us have lost the strength and hope of youth. Youth is gone, never to return again. But the moon, and others out there, still dash bright with undiminished vigour of youth, no matter the age.

[@victoriavasconcelos6599]

I'm just in love with your channel, omg

[@illneas]

Hahaha thank you for watching my videos.

[@michiepooh]

Victoria Vasconcelos Same! Omg

[@ScottishRoyal1]

Stunning had to watch twice right away once for the poetry and another for the beautiful cinematography, you're works getting better and better.

[@illneas]

That's so nice of you. thank you

[@fatmazohraben6799]

Than you so much for this illneas

[@beatibellicosi3232]

In the description that quote, I have no enemies but my friends don't like me.. Brother that really hit hard.. And the music is heavenly.. Alluring.. As usual you enchant with your magic and your cinematography.. ❤❤

[@illneas]

Thank you Beati, your input always means a lot to me. Larkin was such a cool character.

[@raagtoska]

A reminder of the strength and the pain of being young ,beautiful lines ,explains the dichotomy of the times

[@eliospoetry7658]

I hope one day people would read my work and make beautiful videos like this 😢🧡

[@myriamguns2162]

Your channel is like a miracle. All the great are here. Thank you for the magic it brings into my life. Don't ever quit. Love the kitties!

[@geoffharris9396]

One of Larkins greatest poems..

[@vishaldj321]

I love you man. You are an inspiration.

[@illneas]

You are too kind my friend, thank you

[@talesofintrigue3315]

Captivating! You just keep getting better and better. Visual poetry at its finest.

[@illneas]

Thank you man, thank you for being here. All the best to you.

[@madamemagiquee]

I Love it so much.. the text the music and the cuts to the sound. And of course the cat

[@illneas]

YES YES the cat is precious. Thank you for watching my movies once again.

[@madamemagiquee]

illneas forever

[@lesteryaytrippy7282]

What a way to capture 4 in the morning. Also, so glad to save some of the videos so I know some poems to inspire fiction writing.

[@illneas]

I don't know if you make fun of me, but I love that cat way too much. He is im-paw-rtand !

[@lesteryaytrippy7282]

@@illneas i meant the poem when it referred four o clock. Your cat is very cute 💕

[@illneas]

@@lesteryaytrippy7282 ohh thats great. sorry for misunderstading ^^

[@stellaercolani3810]

Youth is in your essence and spirit. It morphs and transcends into eternity.

[@daveswhiskyreviews2903]

Fantastic once again. More Larkin please!

[@bewilderedsoulestsoul1790]

O wolves of memory .... Such a beautiful thing ❤️🌻 would you do something more with the paintings; they are as deep as poetry I guess . Thank you for bringing something new.

[@illneas]

I don't paint but I always like to include paintings in my movies.

[@bewilderedsoulestsoul1790]

@@illneas I mean include them a little more . I don't paint to

[@philosophavie7112]

I think this is one of my favourite videos of yours so far! The very first shot is gorgeous, matching the title, and the synchronization of the music and the shots highlights the emotion of the poem. Great visuals, I'll probably come back to this more for the images than the words :)

[@illneas]

That's really motivational for me. Thank you for appreciating my shots, I give my everything to make them work.

[@meryton]

I love your channel. Never stop doing what you do! This is beautiful.

[@illneas]

Thank you ^^

[@charlestaylor8624]

Thank you. Good job. And not one shot of the moon. I always enjoy a dash of Larkin British gloom. Maybe some positive Whitman next to balance?

[@jfjfkdkdi602]

Discovering your channel made me so happy cuz it is a treasure and art. I like being sad listening to all your melancholic videos. it is so deep.thank you a lot.i am in my own world and i feel like time is stopped.

[@illneas]

Thank you so being here, this is a very dear video for me.

[@jfjfkdkdi602]

@@illneas keep working. you have a big potential.your channel is so underrated.greetings from Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬💜

[@christoduplessis8177]

That it can't come again... Being old enough to not be young, but young enough to not be old (I am 34) thoughts like that has echoed around my head for the last few years. We wonder.

[@illneas]

We all pass that phase man. Be strong

[@gentlemantramp7528]

I have often felt that way and, I’m sorry to say, the feeling only grows with the accelerating passage of time. Now, working with Alzheimer's patients, I’ve learned to appreciate how young I still am-and that the key to staying young is brain health! So my advice, for you and I, is this, 1.) Take sleep hygiene seriously. Quality sleep is when the brain washes out synaptic plaque with a pulsation of spinal fluid. When we don’t get enough quality sleep we are gunking up the works. 2.) Never stop learning and challenging your brain. Sooner or later, plaque buildup will block some synaptic connections to some degree, so the more connections we have the more alternatives to dementia remain open to the end. Perhaps the best way of doing this is to learn a new language: the number of bilingual speakers with Alzheimer's are almost none. 3.) Don’t neglect to savor what “strength and pain” is still afforded us. In the words of Viktor Frankl, _Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run-in the long-run, I say!-success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it._

[@christoduplessis8177]

@@gentlemantramp7528 wow, that is a post like no other. But you are right. We must look after ourselves, and we must savor the moment and the journey. Awareness should not be a curse, but a blessing. We should use this positively. And thank you for the reply!

[@noahdaman8365]

Beautiful as always

[@maynardalbis9935]

I’m actually having my stick of cigarette when I found this video. Keep it up man.

[@illneas]

Nice timing

[@juanca_c971]

Pure art

[@hitplay780]

It's enough It's enough To be there inside Even inside Nowhere to hide Even the mind is no protection The war is lost It's death And absolute Even the mind is no safe haven And the rope seems like heaven But here it is The last step It's not pretty but The silence will be fair It's silent sound after all Is a release Not matter it's cold stare.

[@zarmianolan9350]

I accidentally stumbled onto your channel, I am so glad I did. I love your videos🌸

[@illneas]

I'm glad you found me ^^

[@tinokaps]

One of my favourite poems ever

[@prockstem]

Epic as always!

[@m3rchantkid]

beautiful

[@fennykromm]

Επιτέλους! Μου έφτιαξες την μελαγχολία των ημερών. Υπέροχο!

[@illneas]

Χαχαχα ευχαριστώ πολύ.

[@arjunkannambath7328]

Way to go my boy....great work

[@senorxcoldhands9671]

Hey Illneas :) This is my fave cinematography by you 😊💖

[@erikhiserodt6433]

Sadly I forgot to stop by for the premier but either way this is a beautiful piece and again good job Illneas keep it up :)

[@illneas]

Thank you Erik, it's ok. Maybe you will catch the next premiere.

[@christiandancini8081]

keep doing these vids man, your voice soothes my soul

[@illneas]

I'm a cinemagrapher, not my voice. I list the narrator in the description.

[@zineeddinebarka6985]

Groping back to bed after a piss I part thick curtains, and am startled by The rapid clouds, the moon’s cleanliness. Four o’clock: wedge-shadowed gardens lie Under a cavernous, a wind-picked sky. There’s something laughable about this, The way the moon dashes through clouds that blow Loosely as cannon-smoke to stand apart (Stone-coloured light sharpening the roofs below) High and preposterous and separate- Lozenge of love! Medallion of art! O wolves of memory! Immensements! No, One shivers slightly, looking up there. The hardness and the brightness and the plain Far-reaching singleness of that wide stare Is a reminder of the strength and pain Of being young; that it can’t come again, But is for others undiminished somewhere.

[@bubba7417]

this is my favourtie video of yours yet :)

[@illneas]

I also like it, it's really personal for me.

[@deathbyme2333]

I've officially just watched all of your videos.

[@illneas]

Hahaha thanks

[@deathbyme2333]

@@illneas Ofc!

[@deborahcookston9373]

Just love your stuff

[@illneas]

^^

[@AK666Durden]

thanks again bro ..

[@matthewhalsall5743]

Larkin is a genius and you do not get many of this to the pound

[@MrRussianGerman]

greetings from California

[@illneas]

Greetings man

[@FoivosLoxias]

Loved it!

[@favouritemusic8959]

I have walked many sad steps in my life and will no doubt walk many more such sad steps. People are strong and tough and at times brutal at least many of those that share my orbit. Sad world and sad life for alot of people. Thinking of AH and PH and LB and AF and BR who hurt me. Yes you can guess l have a sensitive nature and that always makes life all the harder.

[@theresachiorazzi4571]

Lord please help us we need you now more than ever

[@imanddy]

Hello from Australia!

[@illneas]

Hello from Greece ^^

[@kay.lies002]

This is a new fav🤍

[@farahjoy603]

Omg l love your videos so much ❤️❤️ This the 10th video I watch in a row , I love how you put a lot of effort to make these masterpieces 💜💜💜 Btw I like your 🐈 cat 😍😍❤️ she's adorable 😭😭😭❤️

[@illneas]

Yay thank you for watching my work.

[@aaronrichmond374]

I have an attachment to the cats in your vids it’s so relaxing

[@shatrujeet763]

Groping Back To Bed After A Piss, I Part Thick Curtains and am startled by the rapid clouds, the moon's cleanliness.

[@FrancescoCarzedda]

Great video poetry, I'm enchanted.

[@illneas]

This is a special video for me.

[@FrancescoCarzedda]

@@illneas Definitely and absolutely special. I liked the transitions, the rythm.

[@corvus418]

He's saying wedge-shaped, not wedge-shadowed

[@tinokaps]

You're the GOAT bro!

[@illneas]

Hahahahah I'm blushing

[@belindarimbi13]

I watched it right away, as soon as I get off work and I fell asleep midway because the music is truly soothing lol I rewatch and I notice that the music is bit louder than the poem, than the usual? Maybe it's just my ears and my headphones. I woke up at 2 am, due to the unintentional nap and I have to use headphones to listen or else I would wake everyone. Ok, I really like the scene shifting, I don't know if you did it on purpose or not but some lines like really matches the scene. Like, when it was said "wolf" (or lion? geez my 2 am brain couldn't catch up), it showed the clip of a yawning cat. And some others, that I remember seeing but can't remember what they are (again, 2 am brain). Since you ask about interpretation, I personally, think that this poem is just like a midnight thought. When you cannot sleep and your mind suddenly wandering off to slightly dark place? That's how this poem feels to me. About thoughts that won't visit you but in the blackest night.

[@illneas]

I thought about shooting the entire movie indoors to have that trapped feeling but i could not make it. Maybe in the future. Thank for watching it.

[@lupemeza8197]

We should form a LEAGUE. League of Extraordinary Poets.

[@user-pn7oo2ze1e]

The voice of Tom O'Bedlam Takes one's voice away

[@Jonpoo1]

Best poet

[@NOVANATORESS]

we do come back to life though, we reincarnate and live many lives. The Soul is eternal.

[@garimarawat5875]

The cats😭😭😭😭💜💜💜

[@cheryllemme9332]

wolves of memory... How I feel as I forgot more as I age. My aunt had Alzheimer's.

[@maryrocks4578]

I would love to see you do Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot speech.

[@wlgroshek]

Do you have an apple playlist of all the songs you use in your videos, it’s very mellow? If not please make one

[@MorphingReality]

nice

[@kuki9698]

Sweet

[@illneas]

^^

[@debrajacobsparkerson599]

Be a hero

[@sw0rks]

What camera do you use? Do you use microphones or such? I'm interested to know about your equipment :)

[@faaaaah]

The camera model is mentioned in the video description.

[@sw0rks]

@@faaaaah true, thanks!

[@haneefs666]

dude you know "the pure and the damned" oneohtrix Point Never... you should make a movie of that verse...

[@carlavela7106]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@sjbechet1111]

The visuals are fantastic. Tom o'Bedlam however sounds like a nasal drunk who has just come back from the dentist. He's nowhere near Tom Courtney or Hugh Bonneville.

[@kaanmn]

not a single shot of the moon lol

[@californian4025]

Good content

[@illneas]

Thanks man.

[@bellanine53]

Check out litany in which certain things are crossed out by richard siken

[@tervelageorgieva]

Thank you 🌈🌈🌈

[@choudharya1234]

i did enjoy the movie scenes more

[@فيدوهاتمنوعة-ر8ر]

This person who read where can i find his channel?!

[@talesofintrigue3315]

Tom o'Bedlam. His channel has been inactive for quite some time, but he has a lot of great readings on there.

[@فيدوهاتمنوعة-ر8ر]

@@talesofintrigue3315 From all my heart ! Thank you❤❤

[@ROSE6450]

Lots of kitties in your videos,are you from Istanbul?

[@illneas]

I like cats. And I'm not from there

[@myriamguns2162]

@@illneas Everything quite obviously points to Greece. Not that it matters where exactly you are from with the riches both verbal and visual you bestow on us in your work here on YT.

[@johnsegura5990]

Do you entertain random poetry? Or do you only use poetry from famous poets? I have a few poems that may be worth reading.

[@Emmet_Moore]

As much as this is really cool and well-edited etc. there's something a bit off about it. Rolled cigarettes and tabby cats aren't terribly Larkinesque - he was a sad old bastard with a sort of self-mocking obsession with mortality

[@illneas]

It wasn't my intention to present a realistic example of his life. I wanted to say my story around his poem.

[@johnsrome8459]

Emmet Moore: To try & recreate a more biographical image of Larkin in this project (which is clearly not the artist's intention) would require a doleful series of shots, capturing Larkin methodically reordering books on the shelves at Hull University Library, in his capacity as Head Librarian. You could spice it up with trips to London to feed his insatiable desire for pornography in specialist shops, catering to his particular tastes. I don't care. It was his business and yes, even, when he attempted relationships, he remained a bit of a sad old bastard. With all due respect, I can see why illneas' project might clash with one's preconceptions (particularly if, like me, you were brought up reading Larkin in British schools) but illneas looks at the poetry and what it evokes in his strange imagination, without giving a damn about received wisdoms or more predictable imagery. Just doesn't give a shit! The results are quite distinct from any other VisualArtist I know. Good or bad? It's entirely up to you, my friend. Best wishes to you.

[@Emmet_Moore]

I didn't mean to suggest that I didn't like this or that I thought it was bad. Quite the reverse. I thought this was a really creative and personal response to the poetry, and I commend illneas for his skill with the camera. Nor was I trying to suggest it should be a more biographical rendering. All I meant was that the aesthetic illneas pairs the poetry with is almost grungy, and my in my opinion Larkin's brilliance lies in his balancing of his wry self-flagellation with an aesthetic much bleaker than the quasi-glamour of grunge - yes, essentially the bleakness of Hull in the 1950s during the golden age of advertisement. And it's funny you should say about British schools. I'm actually in upper sixth currently and did an exam on Larkin (paired with Carol Ann Duffy, who I'm not a fan of) last year. To be honest I was unsatisfied with the way my teacher presented Larkin, so this is pretty much my problem.

[@debrajacobsparkerson599]

You know any man made eye cutters that love to cut corner of eyes an make lip wrinkles. They love eyes that glow in dark when they closed

[@jeffreykent5271]

Cats are to blame ?

[@debrajacobsparkerson599]

Did you live on a peanut farm in fla Worked on the water