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Jisei: The Japanese Death Poem (2013)
- hestipod 7y agoI've written several of these of late. They just come out angry. Maybe at the last minute there will be some beauty. But considering who is around me to read them it's almost a waste of said beauty. The anger is more apt.
- ggm 7y agoYou need to deal with this because life is too short to waste it in anger. "Enjoy yourself it's later than you think"
- HarryHirsch 7y agoCounterpoint to the mandatory optimism: https://harpers.org/blog/2008/01/brecht-to-those-who-follow-in-our-wake/ https://harpers.org/blog/2008/01/brecht-to-those-who-follow-...
- ggm 7y agoBrecht was however, fundamentally an optimist. Consider "in praise of communism". You could have pointed to woodcuts by Masreel if you really wanted to lower the mood. More depressing art of the working poor I cannot think of, Doré aside.
- HarryHirsch 7y agoW.H. Auden possessed great sanity: "As I went out one evening ..."
- hiccuphippo 7y agoI like to think of the galaxy: https://youtu.be/buqtdpuZxvk https://youtu.be/buqtdpuZxvk
- SirLuxuryYacht 7y agoI noticed that pretty much all referenced some natural object like the moon or trees or field or river. I'm just another stranger on the internet but I think you could try the same. Pissed off cherry blossoms doesn't seem like a real thing that exists.
- drallison 7y agoThere is much that appeals in this last creative act.
- mirimir 7y ago"Hurry up, please. It's time." William S. Burroughs, Western Lands, 1987 He lived another decade, however.
- blotter_paper 7y ago> No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun – for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax – This won’t hurt. --Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
- smitty1e 7y agoWhen morbid thoughts come The "Country Death Song" by the Violent Femmes beckons https://youtu.be/FWZf_RBcB_Y https://youtu.be/FWZf_RBcB_Y
- duelingjello 7y agoSpeaking of Japan, a recent Rare Earth video is Kafkaesque.[0] By contrast, the US has more prisoners per capita than Japan and more than all countries except the island nation of Seychelles. 0. Why Every (Accused) Japanese Criminal is Guilty. https://youtu.be/IRn4xzaugbk https://youtu.be/IRn4xzaugbk