Be Kind by Charles Bukowski

🔰This work is a perfect example of a community coming together to create something beautiful. Iness (the narrator) commented in one of my previous uploads and after some discussion, she offered her voice to narrate this video and in my opinion, she did a bloody good job. Let me know what you think of this video and please be kind (pun intended)

Forever Humbled
a kid with a camera

Second channel

🔰Communities

🔰References

-The narrator is Iness J.

Her email.

Her Soundcloud

-The music is this:
Franz Gordon - September Days

🔰My equipment:
I film handheld with a Panasonic Lumix
G80
GX80
📷Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Lens

🔰A few Charles Bukowski books
📓Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame

📓Essential Bukowski: Poetry

📓Women: A Novel

📓The Last Night of the Earth Poems

📓Ham On Rye: A Novel

📓post office: A Novel

📓You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense

🔰Be Kind by Charles Bukowski

we are always asked
to understand the other person's
viewpoint
no matter how
out-dated
foolish or
obnoxious.
one is asked
to view
their total error
their life-waste
with
kindliness,
especially if they are
aged.
but age is the total of
our doing.
they have aged
badly
because they have
lived
out of focus,
they have refused to
see.
not their fault?
whose fault?
mine?
I am asked to hide
my viewpoint
from them
for fear of their
fear.
age is no crime
but the shame
of a deliberately
wasted
life
among so many
deliberately
wasted
lives
is.

[inessjlibene]

This is Iness, and I wanted to express my gratitude after reading your honest and beautiful comments. I personally love O'Bedlam's voice and I don't think anyone can represent Bukowski as well as he does. The brilliant narration of his unique bass voice makes it intimidating for anyone to put their own spin on a Bukowski's poem. But this is without counting on Illneas' artistic genius. I think he is incredibly brave, on top of being so skilled, to try new methods and allow for new perspectives to unfold. 'Be kind' for me is about the daily frustration of silencing myself for fear of hurting people in my life who can not bear the cold truth. It is a fight between disapproval and empathy. It's a bittersweet and alienating feeling that I feel honored to share with you. This unconventional collaboration comes from a place of love, passion and vulnerability and I really hope you can relate to it. Much love to Illneas, and this gold community who is seriously adding so much to this channel.

[illneas]

Solitude helps with creativity but I enjoy having some company sometimes. So if you are a musician, narrator or any kind of artist with an idea, talk to me (on social media). Let's create something together as a community

[miriamkotorova]

"they have aged badly because they have lived out of focus" *the camera unfocuses* This is brilliant!

[daveybew]

Really love Tom's voice but the lady who narrated here, deserves great credit, made everything sound more gentle, with hint of reality, well done to her and all!!

[aj_scape]

I really enjoyed the narrators voice, it was fitting for this poem. Helped to receive it a softer message rather than an ominous warning. Keep stepping out. This was very good.

[lllevokelll]

O’Bedlam may be god tier, but this vocalist Iness is extremely good, and this was an exceptional rendition. 10/10 and I hope she reads more and flourishes, and continues to succeed in the projects she attempts.

[r.dwight]

she speaks the words slowly
carefully, hiding hints of home in her tongue
tiptoeing around the vowels and phrases
running from the place she's from
her accent a current, strong and fierce
like a lightning striking down-
like a river longing to meet the sea

[zentient]

Very kind of you to give this girl the chance to narrate. Loved her voice :)

[Shivam-vylv]

Her voice is soothing but voice of Tom O'bedlam remains the best

[ojasvigaude]

Beautiful. Her soothing voice and your calming way portraying everything worked out really well

[Tygo_]

You teach us patience with these premier announcements

[valimtheredviper]

I'm shaking.
On April 12, I take another year. another year, which I would see passing too quickly, no doubt. Boring? Fascinating? The time doesn't care. I'm getting old. And the only thing I can disappointingly do is open my eyes. Watch through another point of view. Watch and be kind.
I'm shaking.

[AR-yiqn]

Thank you for another beautiful video! Iness, your voice is just perfect for this.

[neptunianights]

her voice is amazing and so are the shots, the piano, and mostly the feeling... very well done, as always. you truly know how to transmit emotion through art.

[penneyburgess]

I have never heard of Bukowski before. He has managed to take thoughts out of my brain and eloquently arrange words into emotional strength. Thank you for sharing. Beautiful!

[VaibhavTTPD]

To everyone in the comment section : Stay safe, we can't afford to lose you

[andrewkigen]

I've been thinking about this very topic for the last couple of months and this is such a concise way of putting my thoughts in a short but understandable way. Thank you for this post!

[rosina]

Everyone has beautiful voices, can we just appreciate them both?! They all deserve so much 💖

[metrognome]

Fuck man. This is good. I dance, have since a young boy, and I’m keenly aware of how we waste our lives. I would dance, and learned dances to show people in hopes of making them happy or even making friends, but you’ll find there’s literally nothing else that people want to see less than you dance. And that’s all my life is really, my entire life is just one long dance. And because I haven’t given up on my love of dance, now I just primarily live in solitude, because I’ve run away from everyone too busy wasting their time on everything but me, and now I find myself wasting my time on everything but them.

[yannahyou]

Beautiful work of art as always :') Iness indeed has something special about her narrating. I have some words I'd so love somebody to narrate, I am not gifted enough do so..
Keep sharing this food for soul! <3