Thomas Merton, 'First Lesson About Man'

[8432614563]

So beautiful! Thank You!

[frankkeats789]

I LOVE THIS POEM AND VIDEO IT IS VERY PLEASING TO LISTEN TO, SO IS VITO VEII AVAILABLE ON ITUNES.

[dadasopher]

@frankkeats789 Thank you!!!

[Bodomchills]

How have I not known of this man before? I need look into his works, his poems and sayings are breathtaking.

[Mindpetals]

very beautiful and very true for me. loved it. thank you for posting. connected with me a lot :)

[cityofimmigrants]

I like your reading of this poem.

[GodisHEM]

The bad news could be others and we strive to fix it all

I love the arts

[MijnOnzin]

Well done...

[milionis]

His Father is gone [train on the move] the two figures that chat with long shadows are possible his brother and himself, the reclined woman their mother, the young girl that plays a childhood first love, the statue of a man a tribute to his father the buildings are his memories from Volos the clock of lost memories. Female torso, lust for a mature woman who loved bananas as they were rare and exotic in Volos what gets me the most is that he never painted allot of trees yet filled the sky green

[Rapt4]

yes unique - the poem seems to convey some well-cloaked satirical imagery and this works well with Chirico's bleak and ghost-town esque landscapes...the poem's contemporary word choices and slight-existential ponderings, albeit deadpan suit the theme correctly. Interesting, different...commendable. Nice one!

[dadasopher]

Thank you very much. I appreciate your thoughtful reflections on Merton's poem and on Chirico's paintings. Well spoken, and helpful to me.

[Rapt4]

your welcome...I am a poet myself, albeit unpublished, but I have garnered a little interest on the web; here and there. My wife is very astute at self-publishing and we are looking into that angle. I love surreal art and literature and my poems are often surrealistic and hallucinatory as well as underground, edgy and themed on Genre Horror, Dark Fantasy and Sci-fi (that sort of stuff!); so I found this interesting and different, precisely what I was looking for. Keep em' coming - keep me posted

[filmcontemplative]

Very interesting juxstoposition... painting/poetry as per picasso's comparison of the two mediums as a couple.

[dadasopher]

Thank you for that observation. I began with de Chirico's paintings, and remembered Merton's surreal-tinged verse, and though there was no one-to-one correspondence between the two, they seemed to enrich one another - which is, perhaps, what couples do.

[nonesque]

@dadasopher Who is reading this? Sublime!



[dadasopher]

@nonesque Thank you.  It was me.

[nonesque]

@dadasopher . Well, I think your work captures Merton to far greater effect than the bulk of his "industry" which seems, by and large, to have diluted Merton the provocateur. I am doing my masters thesis on Merton's art. If it's okay with you, I would like to mention your video in my thesis. I can use your youtube handle or you can email me your name and i credit you as such in the thesis. if you are open to that.

Many thanks.

[dadasopher]

@nonesque Thank you very much. I know what you mean by the Merton Industry. Please feel free to use my youtube link and youtube name. I'll message you my real name. I'm honored by your request.

[jenjoy511]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant use of text and image - the paintings are just amazing - really terrific, sophisticated and creative. Way to go Mike!

[dadasopher]

Thank you!