The Last Flower

[7othestars]

hopefully mankind can break the cycle of violence & peace, but for now, we will have to content ourselves with supressing our war-like nature, until we can do away with it all together.

[dnHooligan]

depressing premise.

i don't think humans are inherently flawed.

[epitaphz]

dramatic...

[Samanmotlagh]

Nice story

[ilooovefilm]

wow...profound!

[ArtMusicRepeat]

i m buying that right now :)

[racsonam]

i like it

tis nice

[carolpaints]

Interesting poem and excellent video:)

[dancinginmypjs]

if only humans were that robust.

[JustinCuntface]

ope my bad *beautiful*

[JustinCuntface]

beutiful

btw i love the monty python scene mixed in with all of it lmao

Ill bite yah kneecaps off! lol

[Zelthaz]

Quite an interesting yet disturbing concept =)

[Epicureanparadox]

Another excellent video! Oh how humanity has progressed.

[sp1r1c0m]

please stop smoking :'(

[azrienoch]

Why?

[threeofwands]

to reduce global swarming.

[eche05]

Why do you smoke? I honestly have no reason for my doing so. It is there, and I exploit it's presence. It seems as though the most complex thing for humans to comprehend is, oddly enough, simplicity.

[AtomicUs5000]

5 stars!

[threeofwands]

The final image of this poem strikes me as trinitarian, with adam, eve, and the holy spirit (the flower) being the persons - one wouldn't need a father/son line of legitamacy until the conflicts revved back up again.

[johnmicstring]

Picard > kurk

[azrienoch]

Ah, well tell your army friend that Mr. Thurber is dead and there's no rearranging his words now.

[aresvalles]

Do you know brent? Hes the one juggling in your video. It would be a serious coincidence if you didnt meet him through Nate. Synchronous even. Anyhow, great video. It was nice to meet you at Ko@la, Tom Varden, (camera returner)

[azrienoch]

Ah, yes! I remember you. Thanks again! Yeah, Nate gave me the footage. He's the only real juggler of sorts I could think of.

[Mike1977a1]

Great vid az, History repeating or fatalism?

[DarkKnightStalone]

I like your videos quite a bit!!! I'd love for you to stop by my channel sometime, I think you'll enjoy what I've posted. Take Care.

[RufioJJ]

i will send a few question/statements to you through message

[blackturtleus]

Interesting that you chose KISS for your reference to song!

[thechurchofdave]

I think the important lesson here is obviously, fear the rabbits.

[CarloMarx666]

The whole of ethics might be an attemt to say that man is not really an accident - the "Newton of a blade of grass".

[ShortbusMooner]

I'm loving the narration! Gisbourne has been doing some lately, too. It's awesome!

[Dadalama]

every end is a beginning is an end.

[squitmaa]

BRING ME THE HOLY HAND GRENADE!!!

[Atheiossupremos]

interesting...the never-ending cycle of human destruction, going ever further until it finally kills us all off.

[InReasonWeTrust]

Interesting use of a dandelion; they are so weedy, so likely to survive what comes against them, that the story seems especially real.

[azrienoch]

Some people say that the rose is the greatest symbol of love in a flower. I say it's the dandelion.  It's the sort of flower that a child picks for their mother, which I'd say is a more fundamental sort of love where there is no jealousy and no misguided obsession. And as you've pointed out, there is an aspect of perserverence with dandelions that roses could never compete against.

[Ubermensch18]

I like the monty python part

[steelejk]

OMG its just going to keep going forever...

[StevenErnest]

Yeah, James Thurber, mega coolness! Great job. :D

Az's World and Welcome To It.

Made me think of Jules Feiffer's "Munro", and Nena's "99 Luft Ballons."

[jogayot]

didn't get the point... like kid is going to be the one tending the flower? how gay... flowers are for girls. now, guns, tanks, nuclear submarines, laser guided missles are way COOL!

[eyemran]

Awesome Azreinoch! More 'poetry' and less 'philosophy' :)

[azrienoch]

Thanks! It is funny how our poetry speaks to something philosophical and philosophy speaks to something poetic.

[threeofwands]

Right. One of the happier paradoxes in consciousness.

[matrixcmitech]

this vid is highly acclaimed by matrixcmitech. nice choice of poem and imagery. and needs 25,000,000+ views ....

[tmafkap]

"Where have all the flowers gone..."

[IceBirdy1]

The flower is hope and love. Duality is what tends to pull civilizations apart... Definitely a message to think about.

[thinkeatingmachine]

I love the metaphor in this: so optimistic. I hope he takes away the same thing I have.

[azrienoch]

Well, optimistic, pessimistic; it only comes off one way or the other depending on where you say "etcetera."

[TheKidFrom13thStreet]

That was a great story, thank you for attaching it to my video.

[azrienoch]

I was looking for something on anarchy to attach it to, but then your vid came up, and I think there is a cyclic theme in both.

[Loreleila]

Do more.

[maksiiiskam2]

Hey Az, did you read The Ice People by Barjavel? A good contemplation that nothing could stop wars, not even unlimited energy and food and the enexistence of anything we could call a world problem such as exploitation or poverty.

Worth reading.

[carnalphilosopher]

I usually like your videos but I loathe this kind of allegory. Anyway it's not clear to me that we wouldn't be better off in a pre-modern, animalistic condition.

[TheGrammarian]

Very nicely done, Az. Wonderful video.

[cda6590]

Where did that rabbit clip come from?

[ELStalky]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[dawnofreason]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[ELStalky]

first! lol

[dawnofreason]

Kudos

[KT45]

Great video

[D4Shawn]

I don't personally feel like we're on that sort of evolutionary treadmill. We're actually getting smarter and have been throughout all of history. Just because we haven't completely rationalize the disadvantages and irrationality/(immorality?) of aggression/force/violence/etc.­, doesn't mean we won't. In fact, lots of people are working towards that as we speak. While the poem is certainly nice (artistically), it basically mirrors the argument from status quo.

Cool video though!

[jasonhoblin]

epochal.

[bickleschmickle]

Very touching.

[YourTubeSpellChecker]

I love it!

[teredona]

Well done

[thinkmorepink]

Editing was fantastic. I'm impressed. What a beautiful presentation. Lovely job.

[NearNothing]

*sigh*

[Boucrate]

Human behavior is a bitch..and then we die..And then again human behavior is a bitch and then we..well you know!I like that simple sarcastic kind of poeme. Where a flower is but a flower..And Human, but Human.Cool!

[Loserido]

Brilliant!

Now wouldn't it fucked up to discover that this has happen several times, just we forgot about it?

[mimib1230]

I have thought about that before so many times and have found it difficult to put into words. This poem does it for me! :D

[apatheticbuddha]

Everything is a cycle.

[Barklord]

around and around we go! well done!

[DeadMindWorking]

Wow That's the first time in a long while i actually felt a reaction from a poem...great poem, and brilliantly read.

[ELStalky]

Same here, we are doing poems in school all the time and i never even liked a single one of them but this one is really great and also beautifully read by Az

[sonata1992]

Rewatching for the4th time xD

[Yokeup]

almost perfect!..... that flower was God, and satan was the one sneaking back in to destroy it....not to prevail....

this was outstanding work.... minus the slight shift in the truth.

God bless you az... and you know what I mean when I say that.

[oparth]

(I actually hate to pick a quarrel here, but couldn't let this one just slide.)

Why such a hollow, one-to-one, "substitute 'God' for 'flower'" reading?

You don't seem to like, and rightly so, when people impose simplistic, agenda-pushing interpretations on your Favorite Text. (You know, "how can God be all-loving and all-powerful?", etc.)

Why not keep _your_ simplistic, agenda-pushing interpretations of other texts to yourself?

[oparth]

(Just to avoid confusion, that's directed at Yokeup, not Azrienoch.)

[happyjesus123]

Not everything can be crammed into your "religion". This is circular time and not Biblical linear time. The flower is love there is no "Satan" apart from man and progress. "The Last Flower: a Parable in Pictures" was published in 1939. He that hath no ears to hear, let him twist things to fit his deafness (Matthew 11:15 with some modifications).

[Killersepp]

"and satan was the one sneaking back in to destroy it....not to prevail...."

We all shouted: "Who killed the Kennedys?"/ When after all, it was you and me

(Yeah, I know, the great poet Jagger isn't quite as.... intellectualy stimulating as Thurber. But I just love that song :D)

[happyjesus123]

I think YokeUp's "Jesus" killed the Kennedys because they were Catholic.

[azrienoch]

Oh, but God did make an appearance: "The liberators, under the guidence of God, set fire to the discontent."

;)

[sonata1992]

Shit man. You're putting a lot of work into this stuff. Don't stop! I love it xD

[LowBudgetFilmss]

Wow Great poem. Your taste is quite enjoyable. Hopefully are intelligence can over pass are stupidity before something goes wrong. The way things are going i don't know but hope is important even if its false. Gave me a great idea for a song. AWESOME

[moofph]

...the flower is our mind.

[2bsirius]

It is amazing to think about how long ago Thurber wrote this. It would have been better for me if it had been the boy who began to have an interest in how he looked, and the girl had begun to put one stone upon another...In other words, maybe we give matriarchy a chance for a change. Great vid!

[StevenErnest]

LOL ^_^ Touche', great idea!

[mrKuba07]

i want to find the one flower

[nicanicabad]

Ok now you have to read everything ever written. There is no other option.

[bubonicnate]

this poem is sexist! ... oh wait

[CousinoMacul]

Kill all the rabbits!

[angryislander56]

I love Thurber.

Very well read sir!