Bullshit.
okay, here's the deal. i don't really know what i want to say about this poem it's 1:30am and i'm tired and want to sleep (and sorry about the improper capitilization and punctuation--when i hear "blog" my mind goes into lazy editor mode)--but, with all disclaimers out of the way, back to Howl.
The main thing is figuring out where to start. Howl is a jumble of thought and expression that if I read fast enough and with the least amount of breath possible, makes my head want to explode. If anything, you gotta give Ginsberg credit for the sheer volume of this one very very very long sentence. I could go on more about the structure (how the first part is basically recreating chaos, the last creates more rhythm and structure with the repetition of "I'm with you in Rockland" and the middle "Moloch" section is somewhat of a happy medium)--but honestly, I'm more interested in making my words different colors.
Sorry, I'm quite intrigued with the power of The Blog.
ANYWAY,
Howl is intriguing, it puts into public all the taboos humans have been raised to be afraid of. "cocksucker", "pubic beards", "fucked in the ass"--it's funny. It's funny to read, it's funny to say, it's funny to HOOOWWWLLL!!!! it's funny to use exclamation points!!!!!! Whether it's genious or madness i'm still on the fence about. But it's entertaining as hell.
Maybe that's all Ginsberg wanted, to make something long and extravagant that makes everyone go "oooooooooo" and behind closed doors he's laughing at what suckers everyone is for looking for the "deeper meaning" because in the end there isn't one. Maybe like Ginsberg writes himself, "the whole boatload of sensitive bullshit!"--that's all it is. a bunch of bullshit. life is just a bunch of bullshit.
amlit338 <---what is this?!?!
The main thing is figuring out where to start. Howl is a jumble of thought and expression that if I read fast enough and with the least amount of breath possible, makes my head want to explode. If anything, you gotta give Ginsberg credit for the sheer volume of this one very very very long sentence. I could go on more about the structure (how the first part is basically recreating chaos, the last creates more rhythm and structure with the repetition of "I'm with you in Rockland" and the middle "Moloch" section is somewhat of a happy medium)--but honestly, I'm more interested in making my words different colors.
Sorry, I'm quite intrigued with the power of The Blog.
ANYWAY,
Howl is intriguing, it puts into public all the taboos humans have been raised to be afraid of. "cocksucker", "pubic beards", "fucked in the ass"--it's funny. It's funny to read, it's funny to say, it's funny to HOOOWWWLLL!!!! it's funny to use exclamation points!!!!!! Whether it's genious or madness i'm still on the fence about. But it's entertaining as hell.
Maybe that's all Ginsberg wanted, to make something long and extravagant that makes everyone go "oooooooooo" and behind closed doors he's laughing at what suckers everyone is for looking for the "deeper meaning" because in the end there isn't one. Maybe like Ginsberg writes himself, "the whole boatload of sensitive bullshit!"--that's all it is. a bunch of bullshit. life is just a bunch of bullshit.
amlit338 <---what is this?!?!
posted by jody at 3:31 AM
2 Comments:
I am here to express my disagreement with blogging being an excuse for "lazy editor mode." This is such a overused excuse.
As blogs evolve, it may very well become the a trusted media outlet in the very near future. And already there are multitude of blogs that feature far more sophistication then laziness.
I feel that the domain of "lazy editor mode" should be reserved to instant messaging.
But I will agree with this blog entry of yours because I too feel that Ginsberg may be laughing (perhaps howling?) in his grave right now at all the suckers he has converted.
Lazy or no, a very lively entry, Jody. Ginsberg said, "first thought, best thought," but he was lying. His manuscripts reveal him to have been a meticulous reviser of his work.
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