@paulpellicci Thank you Paul. I want you to know I did a lot of biographical and critical essay reading about Allen and Howl and, although I took some liberties, I think I kept it pretty true.
His poems sound like someone who is really stoned and on acid pondering things like why Ketchup is red, why can't it be blue...and the blue Ketchup would taste the same, whatever Hue. The blast of the guns..yet I look around and find none..an ocean is at my feet, the waters red with fear..the blast was here..very deep but near. This atom we split..explode and spit..the fire of mankind made..on levels to produce global shade. I am hungry..yet my foods contaminated by war..so I eat my blue Ketchup
Thanks' Markmm1953. Both poems changed my life. Ginsburg opened up my mind to the massive suffering in this world, as well as the reality that everyone and everything is "Holy". Eliott exposed my need to live a spiritual life.
allen owed a debt of gratitude to eliot's the wasteland....i wouldn't have been surprised if he read it and used it as a template...still howl is a great poem...
@Kellogs43able I've read a lot of bios on Ginsberg. I'm not sure about Wasteland but I wouldn't be surprised if it was an influence. I do know that Walt Whitman was a great influence on Allen. I can tell you that "Howl" is largely autobiographical. He's describing real people and real situations throughout the poem...
great animation! but a good poem doesn't need external complementary effects, the fertile mind of the reader is enough to pull you into the surreal cosmic wilderness of howl. nonetheless, good animation
@markmm1953 Well, you certainly did an amazing job! Reading,watching and listening to ginsberg changed my attitude to life. No other stimulant or drug of any sort was needed.
@markmm1953 I love the title of the book. I looked up some rave reviews. I might get hold of it soon. Anyway, I already recognize that acceptance of this moment ,however mundane someone else may think it is , is key to eternal cosmic arousal
"... who lounged hungry and lonesome through Houston seeking jazz or sex or soup."
Wow. He just explained me and my days as of lately. Greetings from Houston, Texas. I just heard this poem on a local radio station, called in to get the info... now here I am. Good stuff. Thanks for posting.
Howl was biographical, and most of the prose contained in parts 1 -3 involved himself and fellow beat poets, movie refrences, and his disturbing upbringing were some of his influences. On the Road by Jack Kerouac is great too
Oh yeah, big time!!!!! I actually spoke with his son Jessee to let him know I borrowed his illustrations for the cartoon and Jessee seemed to think it was okay.
It;s true, no one will ever know word for word what Allen means in this poem. But that is a great thing about it. People can take it as they personally want to. It's one of the many beautiful things about poetry.
The animation gives a great basic visual, I think.
I appreciate the animation. However, I do not believe anyone can truly exclaim what the poem is about, or what Ginsberg intended the piece to be. Even Ginsberg himself, viewed the poem differently at certain times in his life. He's said in interviews that the piece is about "the liberation from our sense of false self-deprication," about an "homage to art," that it was really "about his mother," and even stating once it was a "literal coming out." So honestly, I think it's pretty debatable.
Last time I heard this was when Allen read it on stage in Lawrence during RCR. Afterwards, Allen and William came out on the midnight Massachusettes street and found the parking meters festooned with giant sunflowers, gifted left overs from a Stan Herd sculpture. Allen and William grabbed the flowers and danced around each other and down the street, knighting fellow poet and meters with wild swings of the flowers.
It isnt easy living wild and independent these days.. I wish icould be more free. Loving the American dream and driving my MC through it from my frame of socialist Sweden. Lovely it would be.
The poem is a biographical account of the early years of Ginsberg and his friends. I read many critical commentaries and I know who and what this poem is about. Therefore, I based the animation (and thanks for the compliment) on that knowledge.
Sorry, I just don't like how literally you've taken the poem, however it is impressive animation- and anyhow that's only my taste, I can understand why people love it! Therefore 3 stars should suffice, actually what the hell- you can have 5*!
This is one of my favorite poems of all time, and I like your animation, and not to be critical in an un-constructive way, but I think it would have been better if your images were a little more abstract, rather than literally showing what he says in every verse exactly as he says it.
If you spell things out too literally it gets prosaic. His work was about the emotional impact of the sounds of the words with no meter, not the literal meaning of the words.
The reason I was literal with the imagery is because, after reading a biography on Ginsberg I saw that this poem is sort of biographical. It's about stories of him and his friends.
This piece is definitely an historical piece. I've read a lot of biographies on the beat writers and everything Allen is talking about here is history.
At first I thought this poem was about the world war but then it hit me there is a lot of drug use and sex parts so I relized its more about sex drugs lol
O my god I have an exam on this after tomorrow you just saved my day THANK YOU for posting this I learn better when it is animated :) American Poetry is hard to understand most of the time
As a lifelong animator and a big fan and biography reader of the Beats I wouldn't put up something that sucked. Thanks for the compliment about my work.
HOLW is not a peom to be looked at in good or bad right or wrong. It shows the world from a Beat blunt and bloody destoryed angle, the world that was but is never shown and rarly remembered. A world that made Kerouac and Cassady Ginsberg and Lima. A world that made this world free it keep thee oopresive forces at bay even to this day. HOLW is a beacon of reality no watered down versone of it asked for or recived.
What's ineresting is, just how much you sound like Ginsberg,
I never liked the way Ginsberg read his own stuff. He read it almost as a guitarist would play live--experimenting, inserting or omitting words.
This was a very faithful narration. Thank you.
alwayswinit4real 1 month ago
Your hard work was not wasted. Great job and the visuals complement the poem.
paulpellicci 10 months ago
work of a master, the visuals are quite helpful on the focus I think.
paulpellicci 10 months ago
@paulpellicci Thank you Paul. I want you to know I did a lot of biographical and critical essay reading about Allen and Howl and, although I took some liberties, I think I kept it pretty true.
markmm1953 10 months ago
Thank you!
MrHeteroErectus 11 months ago
His poems sound like someone who is really stoned and on acid pondering things like why Ketchup is red, why can't it be blue...and the blue Ketchup would taste the same, whatever Hue. The blast of the guns..yet I look around and find none..an ocean is at my feet, the waters red with fear..the blast was here..very deep but near. This atom we split..explode and spit..the fire of mankind made..on levels to produce global shade. I am hungry..yet my foods contaminated by war..so I eat my blue Ketchup
MrHeteroErectus 11 months ago
Thanks' Markmm1953. Both poems changed my life. Ginsburg opened up my mind to the massive suffering in this world, as well as the reality that everyone and everything is "Holy". Eliott exposed my need to live a spiritual life.
Fred the Existentialist
philosophy9949 1 year ago
Place the Waste Land right next to Howl. The message is he same. The images are the same. The forms are different.
The two greatest poets of the 20th century (at least in my own humble opinion.
Fred the Existentialist
philosophy9949 1 year ago
@philosophy9949 Good observation Fred...
markmm1953 1 year ago
@philosophy9949 Very Cool Observation.
wasteland70 1 year ago
allen owed a debt of gratitude to eliot's the wasteland....i wouldn't have been surprised if he read it and used it as a template...still howl is a great poem...
Kellogs43able 1 year ago
@Kellogs43able I've read a lot of bios on Ginsberg. I'm not sure about Wasteland but I wouldn't be surprised if it was an influence. I do know that Walt Whitman was a great influence on Allen. I can tell you that "Howl" is largely autobiographical. He's describing real people and real situations throughout the poem...
markmm1953 1 year ago
@markmm1953 I don't know for certain, but I'd bet that "Song of Myself" by Whitman informed/influenced Howl a good deal.
wasteland70 1 year ago
@wasteland70 Yes, good observation. Ginsberg was very influenced by Whitman.
markmm1953 11 months ago
great animation! but a good poem doesn't need external complementary effects, the fertile mind of the reader is enough to pull you into the surreal cosmic wilderness of howl. nonetheless, good animation
xtrmsprts 1 year ago
@xtrmsprts Thank you. But, I must tell you. I think the spirit of Allen Ginsberg was with me as I was creating this...
markmm1953 1 year ago
@markmm1953 Well, you certainly did an amazing job! Reading,watching and listening to ginsberg changed my attitude to life. No other stimulant or drug of any sort was needed.
xtrmsprts 1 year ago
@xtrmsprts Well thanks. Now you've got to get with Ram Dass. Read "Be Here Now". That'll change your life forever.
markmm1953 1 year ago
@markmm1953 I love the title of the book. I looked up some rave reviews. I might get hold of it soon. Anyway, I already recognize that acceptance of this moment ,however mundane someone else may think it is , is key to eternal cosmic arousal
xtrmsprts 1 year ago
@xtrmsprts Yeah, it was a best seller, read by thousands. Definitely the key to eternal cosmic arousal. Well put...
I also reccommed "Ram Dass, Fierce Grace" a documentary about his stroke.
markmm1953 1 year ago
"... who lounged hungry and lonesome through Houston seeking jazz or sex or soup."
Wow. He just explained me and my days as of lately. Greetings from Houston, Texas. I just heard this poem on a local radio station, called in to get the info... now here I am. Good stuff. Thanks for posting.
angelbeta 2 years ago
Thank you Angelbeta. Great story. Glad you found me.
markmm1953 2 years ago
I love Ginsberg's style of poetry. I love the theme or story behind all of them. I really like Kaddish.
skankin45 2 years ago
Thank you for posting that. You're not alone.
markmm1953 2 years ago
Howl was biographical, and most of the prose contained in parts 1 -3 involved himself and fellow beat poets, movie refrences, and his disturbing upbringing were some of his influences. On the Road by Jack Kerouac is great too
coolranchdorito86 2 years ago
Yes, I read a lot of critical commentary about Howl and On the Road.
markmm1953 2 years ago
you like Crumb, eh?
itchyweasel62 2 years ago
Oh yeah, big time!!!!! I actually spoke with his son Jessee to let him know I borrowed his illustrations for the cartoon and Jessee seemed to think it was okay.
markmm1953 2 years ago
I really Dig the animation,
It;s true, no one will ever know word for word what Allen means in this poem. But that is a great thing about it. People can take it as they personally want to. It's one of the many beautiful things about poetry.
The animation gives a great basic visual, I think.
Reese1492 2 years ago 2
I have read literary criticism about the poem and it's basically auto-biographical.
markmm1953 2 years ago
I absolutely agree. :)
xXxRav3rRawrBabyxXx 2 years ago
Yeah, like I didn't think of Mao and Ghandi, but I dig that interpretation.
mussman717word 2 years ago
I appreciate the animation. However, I do not believe anyone can truly exclaim what the poem is about, or what Ginsberg intended the piece to be. Even Ginsberg himself, viewed the poem differently at certain times in his life. He's said in interviews that the piece is about "the liberation from our sense of false self-deprication," about an "homage to art," that it was really "about his mother," and even stating once it was a "literal coming out." So honestly, I think it's pretty debatable.
Lawnboy721 2 years ago
I think it's about all those things. But, as an animator, I just put imagery to the words.
markmm1953 2 years ago
Last time I heard this was when Allen read it on stage in Lawrence during RCR. Afterwards, Allen and William came out on the midnight Massachusettes street and found the parking meters festooned with giant sunflowers, gifted left overs from a Stan Herd sculpture. Allen and William grabbed the flowers and danced around each other and down the street, knighting fellow poet and meters with wild swings of the flowers.
pacemarvin 2 years ago 2
Awesome story. I know that Burroughs went to Lawrence to detox.
markmm1953 2 years ago
It isnt easy living wild and independent these days.. I wish icould be more free. Loving the American dream and driving my MC through it from my frame of socialist Sweden. Lovely it would be.
Locha1979 2 years ago
Do you know why they call it the American Dream? You have to be asleep to believe it.
DresdenStarwing 2 years ago 14
@DresdenStarwing George Carlin
HippieGuitarBoy 1 year ago
@HippieGuitarBoy Yup.
DresdenStarwing 1 year ago
@DresdenStarwing Yeah, George Carlin is great. That is one of his best lines.
TheAdamewing 2 days ago
Now I see where Jim Morrison got alot of his inspiration from. It kinda reminds me of Jims 'An American Prayer'.
backshedblues 2 years ago 2
Oh yes, Jim was definitely influenced by the Beat poets.
markmm1953 2 years ago
The poem is a biographical account of the early years of Ginsberg and his friends. I read many critical commentaries and I know who and what this poem is about. Therefore, I based the animation (and thanks for the compliment) on that knowledge.
markmm1953 2 years ago
Sorry, I just don't like how literally you've taken the poem, however it is impressive animation- and anyhow that's only my taste, I can understand why people love it! Therefore 3 stars should suffice, actually what the hell- you can have 5*!
brazilrock 2 years ago 3
Seriously awesome. Great job!
iheartslugbugs 2 years ago
I recently started reading this poem and I'm still trying to wrap my head around it (im new to poetry).
I gotta say i LOVE LOVE the visuals you did. It's tasteful, purposeful and it adds a new dimension to the enjoyment of this poem.
5 stars
prospectnyc 2 years ago
This is the best Poem ever made, in my humble opinion of course.. but i think alot of you will agree
SatansMullet 2 years ago 3
I couldn't agree with you more. And, I know that Ginsberg was watching over me as I made it. Thanks, Mark
markmm1953 2 years ago
This makes my brain tingle.
shmoopydoo 2 years ago
I hope that's a good thing. :D
markmm1953 2 years ago
It's a good brain tingle pseudo-flashback like realization tingle, good times, great times, back in the day
shmoopydoo 2 years ago
Glad to supply you with a great flashback. Enjoy, Mark
Tooner1111 2 years ago
lol at the flying cock.... and endless balls
aescobar32 2 years ago
Excellent!
Beatnikzombie 2 years ago
Thank you for the compliment. Definitely a labor of love.
markmm1953 2 years ago
Personaly, I hate this poem, but the video really helps when you need to learn it by heart :) congratulations
SylverKa 3 years ago
This is one of my favorite poems of all time, and I like your animation, and not to be critical in an un-constructive way, but I think it would have been better if your images were a little more abstract, rather than literally showing what he says in every verse exactly as he says it.
If you spell things out too literally it gets prosaic. His work was about the emotional impact of the sounds of the words with no meter, not the literal meaning of the words.
blattimus 3 years ago
The reason I was literal with the imagery is because, after reading a biography on Ginsberg I saw that this poem is sort of biographical. It's about stories of him and his friends.
markmm1953 3 years ago
This piece is definitely an historical piece. I've read a lot of biographies on the beat writers and everything Allen is talking about here is history.
markmm1953 2 years ago
At first I thought this poem was about the world war but then it hit me there is a lot of drug use and sex parts so I relized its more about sex drugs lol
ILoveKelseyBriggs 3 years ago
O my god I have an exam on this after tomorrow you just saved my day THANK YOU for posting this I learn better when it is animated :) American Poetry is hard to understand most of the time
ILoveKelseyBriggs 3 years ago
Glad to help.
markmm1953 3 years ago
great video to go with HOWL!
You took quite the risk posting it, because if it sucked you would be committing poetic blasphemy ;)
Awesome job, i really enjoyed
MartianCause 3 years ago
As a lifelong animator and a big fan and biography reader of the Beats I wouldn't put up something that sucked. Thanks for the compliment about my work.
markmm1953 3 years ago
perty darn cool! went very well with the poem.
NorrisChuckling 3 years ago
Than you Norris. :)
markmm1953 3 years ago
wow. I'm linking to this asap on elephantjournal dotcom great work!
waylonhLewis 3 years ago
Great video! Really impressed with the artistic animation!
MacGirvan 3 years ago
Thanks. If you or anyone you know ever needs animation please let me know. :)
markmm1953 3 years ago
This is awesome.
SexySophie1111 3 years ago
This video is an honor to Ginsberg.
I've read H.S.T.
This video is the Spirit of H.S.T. Vs Ginsberg.
Thank You.
zogg18 3 years ago
HOLW is not a peom to be looked at in good or bad right or wrong. It shows the world from a Beat blunt and bloody destoryed angle, the world that was but is never shown and rarly remembered. A world that made Kerouac and Cassady Ginsberg and Lima. A world that made this world free it keep thee oopresive forces at bay even to this day. HOLW is a beacon of reality no watered down versone of it asked for or recived.
bren12688 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Probably the worst poem ever - so bad it's great!!!!!
AllBobsAllTheTime 3 years ago
that's really really cool :)
daniel22bg 3 years ago
Thank you so much. If you know of anyone who might need some animation let me know.
markmm1953 3 years ago
man you are an amazing artist
1337905 4 years ago
Thank you so much. If you know of anyone who might need some animation let me know.
markmm1953 4 years ago
haha this was brilliant and funny
DaGaukla 4 years ago 2
Thank you.
markmm1953 4 years ago
what's happened to part 11?
best wishes
aglil
jonwy 4 years ago
They took it down. Censorship lives at YouTube.
markmm1953 4 years ago
Sorry to hear that.
Your work is absolutely fantastic
best
aglil
jonwy 4 years ago
i seen the starry dynamo of night which was hundreds of streetlights. i was high off marijuana though.
9051337 4 years ago
Are you sure it was marijuana and not yage?
markmm1953 4 years ago
yes i was sure. you can't get yage at my age yah know
1337905 4 years ago
Fabulous!
frippp66 4 years ago
Thank you.
markmm1953 4 years ago
I really like this. Have you seen Eric Drooker's book of "Illuminated Poems" of Ginsberg? It's super cool. You would probably dig it.
zombieswan 4 years ago
Thanks for the compliment. Haven't seen Illuminated Poems. I'll have to look for it.
markmm1953 4 years ago
mad props for this.
sprackles 4 years ago
Thanks for the compliment.
markmm1953 4 years ago
I love this poem :) thank you
sabrinavsginc 4 years ago
Thank you. I'll have to get to work on Part 3.
markmm1953 4 years ago
Congratulations
jonwy 4 years ago
Thank you. I'll be starting Part 3 soon.
markmm1953 4 years ago