Blank on Blank is an excellent YouTube channel which finds old, obscure, or all but lost interview recordings and puts them to excellent and often surreal animations. The channel features iconic figures from Ayn Rand to Jimi Hendrix and allows the viewer to listen to said figure discuss an important issue or point. From Jim Morrison discussing why he feels fat is beautiful to Jane Goodall on instinct, there are a variety of videos that will give you food for thought.
Blank on Blank’s latest video features the poet and novelist Charles Bukowski. Bukowski is known for subverting the romantic idea often ascribed to poetry and instead focused on the gritty everyday lives of everyday people and often wrote about themes of writing, alcohol, failed relationships, and hard work. In this video, you can listen as Bukowski as he berates himself for complaining about being blessed with a ‘crappy life’.
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