Werner Herzog on The Peregrine & Why Writers and Filmmakers 'Must Read It.'

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@Tomurow 5 ай бұрын

I love this book. It’s extraordinary. I’ve yet to find any other nature writing that gives me the same sense of wonder.

@007shlomo 5 ай бұрын

This man's mind is one of the treasures of humanity. His mind is life remembering itself. He makes us all look pathetically diluted by the comforts of our "culture"

@reprogrammingmind 5 ай бұрын

It's lovely to find a fellow fan of Herzog! Thank you for commenting

@laurabarton9596 5 ай бұрын

He has a lot of passion for this book. I guess I better read it.

@liltick102 5 ай бұрын

“The hardest thing of all to see is what is really there. Books about birds show pictures of the peregrine, and the text is full of information. Large and isolated in the gleaming whiteness of the page, the hawk stares back at you, bold, statuesque, brightly coloured. But when you have shut the book, you will never see that bird again. Compared with the close and static image, the reality will seem dull and disappointing. The living bird will never be so large, so shiny-bright. It will be deep in landscape, and always sinking farther back, always at the point of being lost. Pictures are waxworks beside the passionate mobility of the living bird.”

@liltick102 5 ай бұрын

Herzog is my favourite man alive.. The Peregrine is indeed Elie Faure level writing - more deeply poetic actually - “he sees with ecstasy and rapture” it’s veritably the case.. amazing writing. He’s simply correct about this book, and you should read it outdoors, above other books this one in particular is immersive while reading in nature.

@Elcore 5 ай бұрын

Needless to say, Werner passed his book report.

@reprogrammingmind 5 ай бұрын

And not like an accountant.

@xwngdrvr 5 ай бұрын

C minus. No PowerPoint. Not even any graphs! It's like he wasn't even TRYING.

@tectorgorch8698 5 ай бұрын

Stephan Hoeller has taught this truth about "facts" many times at the Ecclesia Gnostica.

@bobsbigboy_ 5 ай бұрын

a masterpiece

@LS-xs7sg 5 ай бұрын

My favourite poem is The Windhover by Gerard Manly Hopkins. I think for what it does it might be one of the best embodiments of primal natural beauty in poetry. To Christ our Lord I caught this morning morning's minion, king- dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing, As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding Stirred for a bird, - the achieve of, the mastery of the thing! Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here Buckle! AND the fire that breaks from thee then, a billion Times told lovelier, more dangerous, O my chevalier! No wonder of it: shéer plód makes plough down sillion Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear, Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion.

@thomassimmons1950 5 ай бұрын

One of my favorite poems. Learned it by heart a while ago. I was turned on to Hopkins by Ted Hughes, who spoke highly of him. I still read both to this day. See Hughes' (Hawk Roosting) for a similar feel and also (The Jaguar). You may be familiar. Anyway, thank you so much for taking the time to write The Windhover down for us. Showed a great devotion to a devoted man. Vaya con Dios, mi hermano....

@LS-xs7sg 5 ай бұрын

@@thomassimmons1950 Thanks. Though i did copy and paste it lol. I think I know it mostly by heart but it is quite hard to get exactly right I find.

@thomassimmons1950 5 ай бұрын

@@LS-xs7sg I started memorizing Shakespeare many years ago as an actor. I started the habit of memorizing the Sonnets and other of my favorite poems; it the best way for me to truly get to the bottom of them. It made me a a better writer and communicator, just in general. Keep it up, mate. It will serve you well, indeed.

@LS-xs7sg 5 ай бұрын

@@thomassimmons1950 I'm not an actor (to shy lol) but I've memorised a few things over the years. Usually just stuff I was into. I learnt the 'band of brothers' speech after seeing kenneth brannagh's Henry V movie. My interest in history and general geekishness has seen me pick up bits and bobs from the history plays (john of gaunts sceptred isle speech) etc and I like Hamlet and macbeth. Plus the mercutio monologue. My wife hates watching lord of the rings with me cos I can quote it verbatim lol. And as a Dylan obsessive I know a lot of his lyrics off by heart. To be honest I think everyone should know a reasonable amount from their peoples literature. It is central part of being part of a culture and a people and just generally brings a certain amount of wisdom and inspiration. The youtube adverts constantly show me these adverts fo counselling with young middle class white people talking about their problems. I cant help thinking they should just read some shakespeare or samuel johnson. It would give them much better life advice and perspective on things

@thomassimmons1950 5 ай бұрын

@@LS-xs7sg So very true, my friend. Your ethic has been my balm in Gilead. Cheers, mate!