A rare picture of Allen Ginsberg “looking like a german geologist.”
This was taken just after he led a geological expedition to discover whether or not an active volcano was to blame for tremors terrorizing a remote jungle village.
Chet Baker, New York City 1956 by Herman Leonard
Union Bus Depot, Fargo, ND, 1950s. Next door.. The State Theatre, marquee “Always A Good Show. Often A Great One … Fargo’s Family Theatre, The State”. The movie “She Couldn’t Say No” advertised. 15 cents! Photo by
David Anderson (1883-1962)
PERSONA (1966)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Cinematography by Sven Nykvist
Beat Generation.
Source: mptv
The Monkees
Jack Kerouac, c.1949
flamingo jazz club
Surrendering to what is. Surrendering to change. Surrendering to the temporal nature of everything. Watching identities fall away, things that once defined me ~shifting, dissolving. I was very terrified for a long time as I watched my teeth mysteriously shift more and more, and I held on very tightly as I had to let go of many people dear to my soul, seven different living situations within the past year, several upsetting jobs, letting go of festivals…..and here I am, breathing. Seeing that what once defined me is not me. We are all right here. All that we think we are is a lie. No matter what our meat suit looks like, whether we are spending our time going to festivals or working 40 hours a week, no matter the bonds closest to us dissolving ~~~we are what is beyond change. What is temporary is illusion. What is left is eternal. All of the people you miss, we are all right here together in ways not dependent on the physical. We return to each other like waves falling back into the sea.
Observing change. Becoming empty, so that the universe may be poured into me.
My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you’re asleep
And kiss you when you start your day"
“Oh, you’re in my blood like holy wine. You taste so bitter and so sweet. Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling, and I would still be on my feet.”
Joy of learning (1969), Godard
