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Photographic Poetics June 30, 1988
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Photographic
Poetics
June
30
,
1988
Performer(s)
Ginsberg
,
Allen
Subject 1
Poetry
,
Modern--20th
century
.
Subject 2
Consciousness--Poetry
.
Subject 3
Haiku
.
Abstract
Allen
Ginsberg
continues
his
class
on
photographic
poetics
as he
discusses
several
modern
poets
and
elaborates
on his
writing
slogans
. He
reads
work
from
writers
including
Blaise
Cendrars
,
William
Carlos
Williams
, and
Charles
Reznikoff
.
Ginsberg
spends
time
discussing
the
slogans
“Ordinary
mind
includes
eternal
perceptions”
and
“First
thought
,
best
thought,”
as they
relate
to
examining
mind
to
find
subject
matter
for
poems
.
Additionally
, he
discusses
Jack
Kerouac’s
haikus
and
plays
“Blues
and
Haikus,”
a
recording
of
Kerouac
reading
his
haikus
to
music
.
Content
0:00
Slate
.
0:20
Allen
Ginsberg
starts
class
with the
notion
of
‘ordinary
mind.’
Mentions
Walt
Whitman’s
line
,
“He
who
binds
to
himself
a
joy…”
in
relation
to this
notion
.
9:25
Talks
about
the
poet
Blaise
Cendrars
utilizing
items
such
as
newspaper
reports
for his
writing
.
11:10
Reads
poems
“10
Stop
Press”
and
“Amphitryon.”
13:42
“Office.”
15:25
“Young
Girl.”
18:33
Reads
William
Carlos
Williams’
“Thursday”
to
illustrate
the
state
of
‘ordinary
mind.’
23:18
Introduces
and
reads
Williams’
“Good
Night.”
Discusses
the
vividness
of the
poem
and the
awareness
of the
poet
.
30:05
In the
twentieth
century
,
subjects
of
poems
include
the
mind
;
mind
jumping
,
texture
of
consciousness
,
etc.
,
instead
of a
linear
story
.
William’s
poem
“Paterson,”
Ezra
Pound’s
“Cantos,”
Kerouac’s
“Mexico
City
Blues,”
and
“The
Fall
of
America”
by
Ginsberg
.
WWI
broke
up
linear
forms
of
poetry
;
realization
that the
world
is
not
linear
,
does
not
make
sense
.
37:10
Ginsberg
reads
“Lunch
Hour”
by
David
Cope
.
Discusses
the
writing
slogan
“Ordinary
mind
includes
eternal
perceptions,”
explaining
how
meditation
relates
to this
slogan
.
44:25
Discusses
“First
thought
,
best
thought,”
a
tool
for
examining
the
mind
.
Reads
from
“Sunday
Walks
in the
Suburbs,”
by
Charles
Reznikoff
, as an
example
of
vividness
and
ordinary
mind
.
51:26
“The
wind
blows
the
rain…”
by
Reznikoff
.
54:13
Reads
“If
there
is
a
scheme…”
as
another
example
of
first
thought
.
Trungpa
said
“Poetry
is
writing
your
mind.”
56:42
William
Carlos
Williams
another
poet
who
used
ordinary
mind
.
Ginsberg
reads
“Danse
Russe.”
1:00:22
“Smell.”
1:04:45
Moves
on to
literary
aspects
of
writing
.
Discusses
the
slogan
,
“Maximum
information
,
minimum
number
of
syllables.”
1:07:33
Reads
“The
Red
Wheelbarrow”
by
Williams
.
Recommends
Basil
Bunting
,
who
exemplifies
condensation
in
poetry
.
1:09:54
Basil
Bunting’s
line
,
“Rut
thuds
the
rim”
as an
example
.
1:11:18
Next
slogans
,
“Syntax
condensed
,
sound
is
solid”
and
“Intense
fragments
of
spoken
idiom
,
best.”
1:18:00
Reads
“As
he
read…”
by
Reznikoff
.
1:20:35
Pound’s
three
aspects
of
poetry
:
Melopoeia
,
phanopoeia
, and
logopoeia
.
1:26:00
The
slogans
“Move
with
rhythm
,
roll
with
vowels”
and
“Savor
vowels
,
appreciate
consonants.”
1:30:18
Discusses
and
plays
1959
recording
“Blues
and
Haikus,”
in
which
Kerouac
reads
his
haikus
to the
music
of
Zoot
Sims
and
Al
Cohn
.
1:47:23
Kerouac’s
awareness
of the
musicality
of
written/spoken
verse
.
1:52:08
Another
slogan
,
“Mind
is
shapely
,
art
is
shapely.”
More
on
Kerouac’s
haikus
.
1:57:05
Asks
students
to
create/recite
spontaneous
haikus
in
front
of the
class
.
More
on
ordinary
mind
in the
context
of
poetry
.
2:00:25
Q
&
A and
closing
thoughts
from
Ginsberg
involving
his
last
slogan
“Candor
ends
paranoia.”
2:04:23
Recording
ends
.
Type of Event
Class
Date Recorded
1988-06-30
File Format
.mp3
Performance Length
2:04:23
Rights Information
Copyright
release
given
to
Naropa
University
for the
purposes
of
preservation
,
marketing
and
educational
use
.
All
other
rights
reserved
to
individual
performers
.
Department
Writing
Tape Order
3 of 4
Publisher
Allen Ginsberg Library and Naropa University Archives
Type
Sound
Language
eng
File Name
88P042.mp3
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