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Bukowski quote in Yield

Brain Of EBrain Of E Posts: 499
edited July 2008 in The Porch
I don't have my copy of Yield with me right now but i need to know what that Bukowski quote is on the In Hiding page. thanks to anyone who can help.
Down in the hole, Jesus tries to crack a smile beneath another shovel load.
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  • DB41DB41 Posts: 539
    Brain Of E wrote:
    I don't have my copy of Yield with me right now but i need to know what that Bukowski quote is on the In Hiding page. thanks to anyone who can help.

    I believe it's " the first human face you see will knock you back 50%"
  • Brain Of EBrain Of E Posts: 499
    yea, i think thats just part of it
    Down in the hole, Jesus tries to crack a smile beneath another shovel load.
  • Music For RhinosMusic For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    deebs41 has the quote correct, but on top of that, NOT in quotes it also says:

    four days alone with nothing.
    emerge empowered
  • Brain Of EBrain Of E Posts: 499
    oh ok, thanks
    Down in the hole, Jesus tries to crack a smile beneath another shovel load.
  • likepilateihaveadoglikepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    It's from Interview Magazine, 1987 in an interview with Sean Penn.

    Here is the full text of Bukowski's answer:

    ON LEISURE:

    This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything. Whether you're an actor, anything, a housewife...there has to be great pauses between highs, where you do nothing at all. You just lay on a bed and stare at the ceiling. This is very, very important...just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That's why they're all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful. ln the old days, before I was married, or knew a lot of women, I would just pull down all the shades and go to bed for three or four days. I'd get up to shit. I'd eat a can of beans, go back to bed, just stay there for three or four days. Then I'd put on my clothes and I'd walk outside, and the sunlight was brilliant, and the sounds were great. I felt powerful, like a recharged battery. But you know the first bring-down? The first human face I saw on the sidewalk, I lost half my charge right there. This monstrous, blank, dumb, unfeeling face, charged up with capitalism -- the "grind." And you went "Oooh! That took half away." But it was still worth it, I had half left. So, yeah, leisure. And I don't mean having profound thoughts. I mean having no thoughts at all. Without thoughts of progress, without any self-thoughts of trying to further yourself. Just...like a slug. It's beautiful.

    http://bukowski.net/poems/int2.php

    Any further questions on literature references in YIELD, feel free to ask.
    Master and Margarita, anyone?
    Teamwork. Rawk. Pwnage. Infinite Possibilities. YIELD. Hells yeah.
  • distantsundistantsun Posts: 265
    you guys have a bukowski scholar in your midst.

    take advantage of it.
    this post has been approved by grace6697.
  • FirecloudFirecloud Posts: 516
    likepilateihaveadog wrote:
    It's from Interview Magazine, 1987 in an interview with Sean Penn.

    Here is the full text of Bukowski's answer:

    ON LEISURE:

    This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything. Whether you're an actor, anything, a housewife...there has to be great pauses between highs, where you do nothing at all. You just lay on a bed and stare at the ceiling. This is very, very important...just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That's why they're all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful. ln the old days, before I was married, or knew a lot of women, I would just pull down all the shades and go to bed for three or four days. I'd get up to shit. I'd eat a can of beans, go back to bed, just stay there for three or four days. Then I'd put on my clothes and I'd walk outside, and the sunlight was brilliant, and the sounds were great. I felt powerful, like a recharged battery. But you know the first bring-down? The first human face I saw on the sidewalk, I lost half my charge right there. This monstrous, blank, dumb, unfeeling face, charged up with capitalism -- the "grind." And you went "Oooh! That took half away." But it was still worth it, I had half left. So, yeah, leisure. And I don't mean having profound thoughts. I mean having no thoughts at all. Without thoughts of progress, without any self-thoughts of trying to further yourself. Just...like a slug. It's beautiful.

    http://bukowski.net/poems/int2.php

    Any further questions on literature references in YIELD, feel free to ask.
    Master and Margarita, anyone?

    Alright, I'll take the bait.... Master and Margarita. Shoot. (awesome interview by the way)
  • Rats of MultaRats of Multa Posts: 250
    likepilateihaveadog wrote:
    It's from Interview Magazine, 1987 in an interview with Sean Penn.

    Here is the full text of Bukowski's answer:

    ON LEISURE:

    This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything. Whether you're an actor, anything, a housewife...there has to be great pauses between highs, where you do nothing at all. You just lay on a bed and stare at the ceiling. This is very, very important...just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That's why they're all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful. ln the old days, before I was married, or knew a lot of women, I would just pull down all the shades and go to bed for three or four days. I'd get up to shit. I'd eat a can of beans, go back to bed, just stay there for three or four days. Then I'd put on my clothes and I'd walk outside, and the sunlight was brilliant, and the sounds were great. I felt powerful, like a recharged battery. But you know the first bring-down? The first human face I saw on the sidewalk, I lost half my charge right there. This monstrous, blank, dumb, unfeeling face, charged up with capitalism -- the "grind." And you went "Oooh! That took half away." But it was still worth it, I had half left. So, yeah, leisure. And I don't mean having profound thoughts. I mean having no thoughts at all. Without thoughts of progress, without any self-thoughts of trying to further yourself. Just...like a slug. It's beautiful.

    http://bukowski.net/poems/int2.php

    Any further questions on literature references in YIELD, feel free to ask.
    Master and Margarita, anyone?


    sooooo, what is your opinion of cigarettes?
    we don’t know just where our bones will rest,
    to dust i guess,
    forgotten and absorbed into the earth below,..
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    god damn i fuckin love this guy. (buk, that is)
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • fanch75fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    distantsun wrote:
    you guys have a bukowski scholar in your midst.

    take advantage of it.

    They are in the presence of so much knowledge.

    To learn from him, is to learn the Ways of the Force from Master Yoda.

    So yes, they need to take advantage of it, in essence.
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
  • likepilateihaveadoglikepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    Rats of Multa wrote:
    sooooo, what is your opinion of cigarettes?
    Uh....smoke 'em if you got 'em?
    Teamwork. Rawk. Pwnage. Infinite Possibilities. YIELD. Hells yeah.
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