this passage is amazing to say the least. what was going on in my head as i heard it being read is not what's being spoken; rather, i found it easier to focus on the how and the why of the words. it seemed like the poem was a mere description of a state of mind i got into when i tried to record of materialize my stream of consciousness.
I can mostly speak of my feelings while reading and then hearing Howl. It's interesting to me how much contradiction is present in the poem - how terrible the best minds sound. I find it interesting also that he sets it up as something that's already happened. The feeling I got throughout it was of movement, a sense of urgency, the need to go somewhere that's not here. But it's presented as if everything has already happened. The first part ends with talk of a thousand years, the second and third with imagery of movement and travel. It's that sense of being stuck in not wanting to stay put, of the most depraved things being the best of our generation.
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this passage is amazing to say the least. what was going on in my head as i heard it being read is not what's being spoken; rather, i found it easier to focus on the how and the why of the words. it seemed like the poem was a mere description of a state of mind i got into when i tried to record of materialize my stream of consciousness.
Fadi
I can mostly speak of my feelings while reading and then hearing Howl. It's interesting to me how much contradiction is present in the poem - how terrible the best minds sound. I find it interesting also that he sets it up as something that's already happened. The feeling I got throughout it was of movement, a sense of urgency, the need to go somewhere that's not here. But it's presented as if everything has already happened. The first part ends with talk of a thousand years, the second and third with imagery of movement and travel. It's that sense of being stuck in not wanting to stay put, of the most depraved things being the best of our generation.
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