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Kerouac on DMT photo in National Gallery of Art

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Amygdala

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Of some light interest -

Some of Allen Ginsberg's photos from his heyday are being exhibited in NYC right now, and one photo has an interesting picture w/ this caption:

“Jack Kerouac the last time he visited my apartment 704 East 5th Street, N.Y.C., he looked by then like his late father, red-faced corpulent W.C. Fields shuddering with mortal horror, grimacing on D.M.T. I’d brought back from visiting Timothy Leary of Millbrook Psychedelic Community, Fall 1964.” – ALLEN GINSBERG

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Salon Article:
 
That expression.......looks like hyperspace showed him what a truly horrible writer he was......if only he'd discovered DMT sooner.
 
that expression looks vaguely familiar for some reason....

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heheheh

"That expression.......looks like hyperspace showed him what a truly horrible writer he was......if only he'd discovered DMT sooner."

lol.. do many others here feel that way? I've never read his work but my old room mate always spoke highly of him.
 
Jack Kerouac is a great writer, it appears to me alot of people dont understand him though. Just got a copy of some of the dharma, its a great book.

I also like Dharma Bums alot!
 
Hyperspace has certainly demonstrated how terribly deficient I am. I've had my greatest works taken apart and mocked horribly. Humbling! Jack just may have been shown how "terrible a writer he was"--despite being a "great writer".

Hyperspace can be cruel....if he did get his work ripped on by the elves or jesters--I bet he turned around and wrote his best stuff, after integration.
 
dreamer042 said:
I think he was a phenomenal writer, one of the greatest American writers of all time. I guess some folks just don't get it. :?
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Oh, I get it; what's not to get? It's simplistic, unedited prose written in a drug frenzy. It's typing, not writing. Just because someone doesn't like something doesn't mean they don't "get it". Give me Tom Robbins, or T.C. Boyle; folks who can actually compose. To each his own.
 
112233 said:
Oh, I get it; what's not to get? It's simplistic, unedited prose written in a drug frenzy. It's typing, not writing. Just because someone doesn't like something doesn't mean they don't "get it". Give me Tom Robbins, or T.C. Boyle; folks who can actually compose. To each his own.
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I agree Tom Robbins is a great writer, not really familiar with the work of T.C. Boyle, I'll add it to my reading list. I think you don't give enough credit to Kerouac who is widely recognized as one of the greatest literary composers of the twentieth century; there is a lot more to Kerouac than On The Road, have you read many of his books?
 
I think he was a great writer as well. The Dharma Bums and Big Sur are in my opinions his two greatest works. I especially loved Big Sur because it shows you the downside of his life as well.

His writing style is something some people might not like, but I noticed that if you get into it, it takes you away like a wave you wanna surf on. I remember the moment that I got on that wave while reading On The Road, it felt like I "got" it, like I learned how to read his books. There's no thinking involved when reading him, don't try to read a sentence twice, just keep going, like he wrote it. That worked for me.
 
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