Snyder talks about poetry showing different views which "defend nature and human nature". He has a international perspectives of the world that talks about other cultures and historical background. I think that this video shows again that Snyder is a modernist thinker because of his tendency to revert back to his scientific belief's as well as his belief that there can be more than one perspective to something.
The cultural aspects that Snyder's poetry possesses show the way he thinks and the way it compares to the way he speaks. I think that the way he thinks is very similar, if not precisely the way he thinks.
I love the fact that Synder seems to find the most beauty in the simplest things. He says this because it's true and will continue to be true as long as people will appreciate the little things in life.
I'm not going to lie here, after watching Gary Snyder for about half an hour, I think my brain is about to implode. His ideas, as I've said before, are incredibly simplistic, but incredibly hard to comprehend. His poems are very beautiful. And his views of the world and nature are very Buddhist, almost.
"An inherent and essential part of poetry from the paleolithic is that it defend nature for one thing, and that it defend human nature for another thing." "The deathless nobility at the core of all ordinary things." I think that Cudahy is right. Snyder's idea's alone are very simple and earthly, but to embody them is something entirely different. A life lived according to Snyder's principles would be, I think, a truly divine life.
To go off of Will's quotes,i really like how he explained in the first part of the clip that the elegance, orderliness, and freedom of the human mind mirrors nature. This is similar if not exactly what Emerson was talking about: the mind being a mirror of nature.
the way synder talks is almost child-like. almost but not quite. if i had a conversation with a child like that, i would be very disturbed. there is a strange knowledge that this man seems to possess, and frankly, even though it is a benevolent intelligence, it's still very creepy.
Despite I think that Gary Snyder's idea is about simplicity of nature, I think that there is something beyond that. He tries to transmit the complicated idea through poem, but honestly it is hard to understand it by my self.
Snyder says, "The Earth is the muse of the poet." This is one of the truest statements I have heard, for many of the greatest poems have come from nature, the reason is because nature is inspirational, diverse, and omnipresent.
The way that gary speaks, both makes me laugh and confuses me. Mayby they way that he presents the poems, is for a reason that I am missing. before I mentioned that I liked him. he is able to find beauty in simple things, as many have said before me. then he is able to take simplicity and make it complex, which at the moment i cannot understand at all. BUT! Intellectual= gary wins. that is all. -derric
Gary's poetry is really well done, and maybe its the way he reads it, but I had a hard time coming up with my own conclusion for his poetry. He read it slowly and deliberately, and didn't leave a lot of room for interpretation. For his credit, the poems were pretty easy-going, and were written in a way that made them easy to understand, not a lot of flashy words. He writes in a way that gives his words a rolling momentum. - Bennett
NOT TO BE THE negative person in this group but, i think that a person that preaches "going back to nature" to escape from society, to find find themselves in the woods is a cowards. a poet in high school on many occasion growing up would get there ass thrown into a locker, people that are socially retarded or can not handle the stress of the real modern world leave to find a false utopia in the one place they can be alone... in the woods.
"of people building barricades while getting shot at." This line is spoken so disconnectedly, as if it was a common occurrence, as if Snyder had no sympathy for these people or had no inkling of the terror they felt. I think in being so nonchalant Snyder seeks to transmit a panic, a vivid view of the terror these people felt. My mind immediately snapped to these people's situation, and I could imagine their terror quite vividly (as best as I could imagine without ever experiencing such terror). It is a very interesting technique in drawing attention to a topic by ignoring it.
I'm not quite sure how to follow that. I suppose it's simplistic in a way, as some people have said, but it also incorporates very complex concepts. Something in his writing juxtaposes the very nature of writing itself, and I'm not sure what that is. Writing can be so indicative, 'this is how things are' but this writing seems to use indicative statements to create more hypothetical questions; it extends possibility while retaining a form, which is fascinating.
Snyder talks about poetry showing different views which "defend nature and human nature". He has a international perspectives of the world that talks about other cultures and historical background. I think that this video shows again that Snyder is a modernist thinker because of his tendency to revert back to his scientific belief's as well as his belief that there can be more than one perspective to something.
ReplyDeleteThe cultural aspects that Snyder's poetry possesses show the way he thinks and the way it compares to the way he speaks. I think that the way he thinks is very similar, if not precisely the way he thinks.
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that Synder seems to find the most beauty in the simplest things. He says this because it's true and will continue to be true as long as people will appreciate the little things in life.
ReplyDeleteI'm not going to lie here, after watching Gary Snyder for about half an hour, I think my brain is about to implode. His ideas, as I've said before, are incredibly simplistic, but incredibly hard to comprehend. His poems are very beautiful. And his views of the world and nature are very Buddhist, almost.
ReplyDelete"An inherent and essential part of poetry from the paleolithic is that it defend nature for one thing, and that it defend human nature for another thing."
ReplyDelete"The deathless nobility at the core of all ordinary things."
I think that Cudahy is right. Snyder's idea's alone are very simple and earthly, but to embody them is something entirely different. A life lived according to Snyder's principles would be, I think, a truly divine life.
To go off of Will's quotes,i really like how he explained in the first part of the clip that the elegance, orderliness, and freedom of the human mind mirrors nature. This is similar if not exactly what Emerson was talking about: the mind being a mirror of nature.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Cudahy on Snyder's simplistic view. But I find his ideas very difficult to comprehend.
ReplyDeletethe way synder talks is almost child-like. almost but not quite. if i had a conversation with a child like that, i would be very disturbed. there is a strange knowledge that this man seems to possess, and frankly, even though it is a benevolent intelligence, it's still very creepy.
ReplyDeleteDespite I think that Gary Snyder's idea is about simplicity of nature, I think that there is something beyond that. He tries to transmit the complicated idea through poem, but honestly it is hard to understand it by my self.
ReplyDeleteSnyder says, "The Earth is the muse of the poet." This is one of the truest statements I have heard, for many of the greatest poems have come from nature, the reason is because nature is inspirational, diverse, and omnipresent.
ReplyDeleteThe way that gary speaks, both makes me laugh and confuses me. Mayby they way that he presents the poems, is for a reason that I am missing. before I mentioned that I liked him. he is able to find beauty in simple things, as many have said before me. then he is able to take simplicity and make it complex, which at the moment i cannot understand at all. BUT! Intellectual= gary wins.
ReplyDeletethat is all.
-derric
Gary's poetry is really well done, and maybe its the way he reads it, but I had a hard time coming up with my own conclusion for his poetry. He read it slowly and deliberately, and didn't leave a lot of room for interpretation. For his credit, the poems were pretty easy-going, and were written in a way that made them easy to understand, not a lot of flashy words. He writes in a way that gives his words a rolling momentum.
ReplyDelete- Bennett
NOT TO BE THE negative person in this group but, i think that a person that preaches "going back to nature" to escape from society, to find find themselves in the woods is a cowards. a poet in high school on many occasion growing up would get there ass thrown into a locker, people that are socially retarded or can not handle the stress of the real modern world leave to find a false utopia in the one place they can be alone... in the woods.
ReplyDelete"of people building barricades while getting shot at." This line is spoken so disconnectedly, as if it was a common occurrence, as if Snyder had no sympathy for these people or had no inkling of the terror they felt. I think in being so nonchalant Snyder seeks to transmit a panic, a vivid view of the terror these people felt. My mind immediately snapped to these people's situation, and I could imagine their terror quite vividly (as best as I could imagine without ever experiencing such terror). It is a very interesting technique in drawing attention to a topic by ignoring it.
ReplyDelete'the deathless nobility of all ordinary things'
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite sure how to follow that. I suppose it's simplistic in a way, as some people have said, but it also incorporates very complex concepts. Something in his writing juxtaposes the very nature of writing itself, and I'm not sure what that is. Writing can be so indicative, 'this is how things are' but this writing seems to use indicative statements to create more hypothetical questions; it extends possibility while retaining a form, which is fascinating.