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Title: Thomas Merton, 'First Lesson About Man'
Added: Apr 28, 2008
Author: dadasopher
Duration: 1:34
Description:
This surreal poem is from The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton. I thought the paintings of Giorgio de Chirico provided an interesting perspective (as it were) on the poetry.
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Youtube Comments: 17
dadasopher Says:
May 21, 2008 - Thank you!
filmcontemplative Says:
May 26, 2008 - Very interesting juxstoposition... painting/poetry as per picasso's comparison of the two mediums as a couple.
dadasopher Says:
May 27, 2008 - 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.
Rapt4 Says:
Jul 31, 2008 - 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 Says:
Jul 31, 2008 - 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 Says:
Jul 31, 2008 - your welcome...I am a poet myself, albeit unpublished, but I have garnered a little interest on the web; here and there.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
milionis Says:
Oct 8, 2008 - 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
GodisHEM Says:
Feb 23, 2010 - The bad news could be others and we strive to fix it all I love the arts
cityofimmigrants Says:
Apr 8, 2010 - I like your reading of this poem.
Mindpetals Says:
Jun 4, 2010 - very beautiful and very true for me. loved it. thank you for posting. connected with me a lot :)
Bodomchills Says:
Jun 12, 2010 - How have I not known of this man before? I need look into his works, his poems and sayings are breathtaking.
frankkeats789 Says:
Aug 31, 2011 - I LOVE THIS POEM AND VIDEO IT IS VERY PLEASING TO LISTEN TO, SO IS VITO VEII AVAILABLE ON ITUNES.
dadasopher Says:
Aug 31, 2011 - Thank you!!!
8432614563 Says:
Oct 1, 2011 - So beautiful! Thank You!
nonesque Says:
Jan 7, 2012 - Who is reading this? Sublime!
dadasopher Says:
Jan 8, 2012 - Thank you. It was me.
nonesque Says:
Jan 9, 2012 - . 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 Says:
Jan 9, 2012 - 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 Says:
May 21, 2008 - Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant use of text and image - the paintings are just amazing - really terrific, sophisticated and creative. Way to go Mike!