The Strangest Philosopher in History - Samuel Beckett
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In this video, we explore the life and work of the renowned twentieth-century playwright, Samuel Beckett. First garnering notoriety from his play, 'Waiting for Godot,' Beckett's work explores dark, unnerving, and often humorous themes of existence that both mock as well as inform on the human experience.
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I feel like Samuel really manifests Kafka's and Camus style in his writing
Or maybe it's just me
Picked up your two books on Amazon.. Great stuff!
I did. Thank you.
Well you must truly be a special one indeed, making a video on Beckett BEFORE knowing how to pronounce Godot, instead of AFTER. Leave that to those basic boring channels right? 😃
Very creative well done thank you
"What time is it ?!" ..... Pause;... looks at watch;..."Same as usual."
Got to be one of the best bits of dialogue ever.
Marlboro Jones, almost as Glorious as ~~~ Pharaoh Ramses --- Yul Brynner, " His GOD, ( Moses',) IS GOD !!!"
Thich Nhat Hanh said "Desire is the obstacle of happiness" That is what I get from this. Waiting for what we don't have steals our joy in the present
ive heard that desire is the root of suffering. the duality is real.
It can also be the opposite.
Imagine never feeling desire.
Indeed😊
if your emotions are attached to desire only then it's a obstacle to happiness
Follow disattachement and then desire is one of the most life changing thing
"Desire is the obstacle of happiness" is an amphiboly, which relies on your mindset and perspective of existence.
The answer to the riddle is to stop chasing meaning in a meaningless existence and to look behind the mirror and challenge the belief or pursuit itself. It is an itch that can never be scratched.
I let all of that go a long time ago! It was one of the best decisions I've ever made. So much peace comes with it. Just see life as a gift and live a good and happy one. ☺️
We’re all in the waiting room of death.
Nice of them to let us wander in the garden. And the magazines are pretty good.
@@trinacogitating4532 😂😂😃
there is no death. Obviously because we are the same, eat, drink etc., consciousness that reflects more or less the same reality. Death is the fear imposed by the instinct of survival enforcing territoriality and individual survival, which ironically is false - everyone does die individually, but life keeps existing. Upon shedding individualism what is left is immortality. That is Christianity / Eastern philosophy. Individualism is a characteristic of western philosophy
Im convinced that Pursuit of Wonder is regularly changing the titles of their videos as a social experiment that will be part of a future video. The amount of times ive skipped over a video when looking for an older video because the name was different than I remembered is... probably still in the single digits, but the fact that its happened more than 3 times astounds me.
This is a common Yt practice. People who didn't click on the video before maybe get interested on the new title.
Or maybe you are having quantum leaps of consciousness. 😅
It's an algorithm trick. Gets you more views
I have noticed this. I assumed it was if the first title was having an unusually low response
@chrisbirch4150 I'm sure it's algorithm related, but the sheer number of times it has happened to me with this one specific channel and the psychological damage it has done as a result has left me to rationalize it as needing a higher purpose XD
AB testing, bro
Ive learned through experience is that when facing the truth will lead you to anxiety and depression. This happens because everything you think you know (your identity) is a fabricated lie and that is a hard pill to swallow. Stay strong and follow what you instinctively know to be right.
it's all behavior. The doubt is a collateral effect of the fuck we are. intelligence? pattern recognition? anyway it results in self-consciousness.
What is it you instinctively know to be right, and how does it solve the problem?
And what if your insticts tell you to face the truth and get over it?
@@helencheung2537 Then that's what you do, of course.
Any Beckett fans out there remember this news item? "In 1985, the actor Jan Jönson staged Waiting for Godot with a group of Swedish prison inmates and planned a premiere at Gothenburg City Theatre that never happened because the prisoners escaped. Beckett apparently said, “That’s the best thing that happened to this play since I wrote it!"
Fancy meeting you here, old friend. And loved your recountment of wise men who didn't wait around for Godot but hightailed it for parts unknown! For the record, any time I hear or read of another expressing their belief that life is utterly meaningless always puts me in good cheer.
Don’t harm others, including animals. That is all
Animals harm animals shouldn't we stop that?
Violence is a part of our reality whether we like it or not ....
Please learn to say Godot.
@@andrewbreding593 Humans are unnecessarily cruel to animals.
There is a difference
@@JayTX. How can we pray for salvation when we, with our sentience, cannot treat those beneath us with compassion?
Godot was written close to 8 decades ago. I defy anyone to watch or read it now and not be chilled by its relevancy. In fact, there is a reasonable argument that it is still ahead of its time. More accurately, it is simply timeless in its relevancy just like the Illiad, the Book of Ecclesiastes, King Lear, The Wasteland or any of the monumental works of art that get at the essence of who we are and the circumstances of where we exist. He was a giant and we were blessed to have had him
I appreciate your opinion. But I don't think it was before its time. I have fair confidence that many have seen existence this way long before this story. Your statement of timelessness, i feel and think, is more accurate.
Though I don't consider him a giant. Brilliant yes. Brave yes. But human, just like the rest of us. Don't idealize if you can. His life circumstances led him to be who he was. Just like you or I.
@@josephbelisle5792 you apparently didn’t get what I was saying which is at heart my fault. I compared the work to The Illiad as well as The Wasteland-one ancient, one modern-i meant to state the work is both timeless and ahead of its time for many who watch the play-flawed logic but my own. I didn’t mean to imply that Beckett was a God -his humanity, foibles and all, made him who he was-if I didn’t get that across, again, my bad. I do think he is a giant in the arts just like Townes VanZant, Hank Williams or Basquiat -all very human. These very flawed people were giants to me as artists compared to others-not physically large or otherworldly- though I do think there is an element of divine inspiration to great art-Faulkner spoke of listening to the voices. Keith Richards dreamed the riff to Satisfaction. However, tastes, like opinions are different for everyone. I appreciate the comments but on some things, we can agree to disagree. I suspect we can agree that keeping works like Godot alive and part of the conversation is important. Thanks for the reply. I am headed to play some guitar so if this seems rushed it is. Again, thanks and sorry for lack of clarity-good thing I didn’t make my living as a critic.
@@josephbelisle5792 again, I am not implying you didn’t make good, valid points. The fault is more likely that I didn’t express myself very well. You definitely gave me food for thought. Thanks
@@josephbelisle5792 one last point, I do idealize great artists’ talent. I have no idea what you do but know that I could play guitar for decades working at it for 15 hours a day and I would never be able to play and write like a Duane Allman or a Jimi Hendrix. Allman had been playing slide guitar for less than 10 years when he died but what he did was otherworldly. Look at the songs of a Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Dylan, Robert Johnson or Louis Armstrong-I think about them like the first time I actually thought I understood Shakespeare. I realized that the layers of meaning could not be pre planned or thought out-there was an element of divine inspiration. It is a personal opinion for me and nothing I can prove but I have heard great artists talk about those songs that just come to them. I also realize that there are buckets of sweat that produces great art. The truly greats seem obsessed and do it because they couldn’t do anything else. It is the combination of great talent, hard work and focus that seems to be what makes great artists. As one great said, you need to be there when the muse calls
That's quite the interesting list of works
Absurdity is kind of what makes life beautiful, we don't have to strive towards a common higher meaning of existence. We get to choose our path and create our own meaning.
We HAVE to create our own meaning because without it our lives ARE meaningless.
That's one way to cope with reality.
It’s still meaningless
@@vivekkaushik9508and that's sad
Sorry, its going to make life less beautiful over time as more and more people give up on life.
The West was Christian Majority up until recently, with absurdist/nihilist philosophies taking over the West will fall. If you have children, their lives will be worse off then yours. If your children have children their lives will be worse off then them.
Art in the next generation is not ironically bad 3D modelling of a head popping out of a toilet, and rehashing it over and over. Beauty is going down the toilet.
I mean, of course; None of this would matter if you do not think anything matters. If nothing matters, then truely nothing matters that includes beauty, your friends, family, people, etc
I'm waiting for the world to end. I believe this kind of waiting is quite common nowadays.
me too. In the mean time I'll amble through the purposeless and try not to take everything so damned seriously.
May i know why you 2 wait for the world to end? Is it because of the wars? 😢
I’m both waiting but not necessarily in a hurry either. All the suffering and horrors is like WTF man.
For what? Why?
Yes, poor people have been fear-mongered badly. Sad to see, especially since people "waiting for the world to end" always seem to get manipulated into all kinds of craziness.
I relate to this. I think it's not uncommon, for those of us who were brought up with Cold War nuclear attack drills, and, I expect, everyone since then. And then there's the small (/s) influence of religion...
Beckett and Cioran were friends. What a wonderful duo.
This is my introduction to this channel.. this might be one of the greatest videos I've ever seen.
Everything's relative.
Must be a low bar for you
@helencheung2537 I've watched dozens more since this one and this one definitely hit me different still top 3
The most important realisation of my life was that the only thing that matters are the things that are important to me.
I do not try to fit into other's expectations, my efforts are gauged by desire for an outcome, my outcomes are determined by what makes me happy. If I exert myself at work, it is only to further the lifestyle I have chosen to live and not to conform to a societal goal or pursuit of status.
In this respect the work of Beckett and Camus is correct, because life is futile then it should be enjoyed to the fullest without infringing on others.
A life with no meaning is not a meaningless life, it is a life packed with fun distractions and enjoyable whims free of guilt.
My study of Beckett has brought me the single most profound insight in my entire life: I don’t like to be kept waiting by the waiting.
So is humankind inevitably to turn on itself, maybe it's only the 'script'of incomplete , 'godless', phalice-less' individualism that made these characters look past each other, instead of turning to each other,- what other conversarions, insights or adventures they could have had if only they had seen and focused on each other? I think Eastern philosophy must have it over the remnants(?) of Western: Why even wait?Why not 'be' or 'do'?(If not instead of, at least 'while' waiting?
Hmm, maybe I just don't like the inevitability presented: Like Godot's persistent absence is inevitable, why is our apparently universal(?) 'human' denial of this truth, and 'compulsive obsession' to deny it, inevitable? Or do outliers exist but they're only the exception, insufficient to drive collective history to the rational and the 'good'/peaceful?(Guess I'll have to read more!-including, Beckett)
@@KatieB-sx1gw The characters don’t turn on each other, because they have a common goal that cannot be competed for. Beckett wrote this play during the aftermath of World War Two. Waiting for Godot is what peace felt like for millions of people. And it felt good, for a long long while, to those who had lived the Nazi occupation. Like my parents. I’m Belgian. Becket lived the Nazi occupation, in France.
Becket wrote the play in French, although he was an Irish Protestant. Its format is that of the circus farce: clowns meeting each other in the imaginary middle of nowhere, improvising away. It’s comedy. French style. You laugh in anticipation, not in response to a punch line. You are having a low level of fun during the show, for no reward, at no cost, and at no-one’s expense. In the first years after the end of the occupation, this was all you wanted to experience.
but if the waiting are not waiting does that mean you have been too late?
You never fail to show us a completely different perspective of the world in your videos
They are really insightful
Looking forward to this one as well👍☺️
I like that he presents each one with equal excitement with no bias or very little criticism
Beckett suffered from clinical depression, as did his mother. His principal theme is that life is pain, but the pain must be endured. The “black humor” is in fact music hall humor, as music hall was one of Beckett’s diversions.
Bravo! This video is one of my favorites. Waiting patiently for my next favorite.......
This is actually nuts, I was thinking about reading this play yesterday, not the first time I have heard of it.
Try Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead". 💪😎✌️ Play or film, take your pick; they're both by Stoppard.
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@@Novastar.SaberCombatgonna check, thanks
I believe Beckett lived knowing source very deeply, regardless of awareness.
One of the best comments in these efforts, I believe.
We're all waiting for our own Godots.
True
No. I know there are not any Godots, lol.
Become your own
Gotto, are you out there?
@@HelloMyNameIsCody No. There are only the sunrise and the Sunset. But you can believe what you want, our mind is creative in creating gods and other Things.
Excellent! Thanks for producing!❤
For me, Beckett still is a beautiful reminder.
wow, really captivating video 🎉 can't wait to see what I rediscover about myself and self reflect on decisions I've made. POW has made me leap light years ahead instead of going through the Kafka Esq situations 😊 channels like these , we need more
Mind blown at the idea the tree is inspired by the Eden story. Never delved deep into Godot but have 20 years experience and a degree in study of Drama. I probably should rethink life!
The fact that we have nothingness or meaninglessness in life makes it more interesting cause if don't have any meaning we can create it with out imagination we can live the life how we want it. That's why it's one of the best thing
No. You cannot simultaneously acknowledge the nothingness and meaninglessness of existence, yet have any actual commitment to any self-created arbitrary meaning. Only someone with cognitive dissonance can square a circle.
It is so preposterous to even assume that to be true. Nothing can ever be purposeful or meaningful while acknowledging the purposefulness and meaninglessness of it all. Sartre and Camus only pretended to believe it, their writings are miserable, so were they.
i get what you are saying. but not all see it as a way to create something they want rather once they understand nothingness they'll panic, they will go insane, they doubt themselves and what they been told. it does end good. not all are open minded about it
@@kaleabtam1783 I think we all should take some time from our life to think about these types of question
@@vaxrvaxr Living life with literally no meaning is very hard it creates depression and many things.
I am not saying that life is not meaningless it is but that's the beauty of life that you can create something.
It's like a empty canvas that you can draw anything with your imagination.
@@saimbhat6243 Exactly. Especially Sartre is so obviously a liar. In Nausea he first reveals that he's a pessimist, even darker than Schopenhauer, more like Mainländer, but then he starts talking BS and it ends with him moving to Paris! To put it short: he didn't have the courage to kill himself, but he also didn't have the courage to be honest, and he couldn't just live on either, despite being economically independent, because he had the need to stay relevant and famous. Mainländer was brave and killed himself. Schopenhauer was honest and said to the whole world that life is meaningless.
Very profound and truthful. I am glad Godot isn't coming. I hate to take a swing at people.
There is meaning to our lives. Ethics arise from the fact that we are aware, self aware, and have a form of free will. We can value independently, and choose to live lives characterized by kindness, love, curiosity, and shared experiences. The fact that our lives are finite does not diminish or undermine their value. Keep on living folks, take joy in it, and share that joy.
Ethics comes from evolution.
Beautiful theory but put it in practice is the hard job.
I saw a beautiful production of Godot last fall. A wonderful balance between funny and terrifying.
Brilliant. Thank you. 😊👍
For anybody who's curious of further exploring this, the clips are from a BBC series titled "Beckett on film".
Big black cocktail?
Always stimulating my mind with your content. Bravo. Becketts philosophy reminds me of Arthur Schopenhauer’s philosophy particularly in his thoughts on the importance of art
I've watched Not I soo many times..still gives me chills
It is because life is meaningless that we have to live it to its fullest, embracing the absurd nature of existence itself.
That is one perspective, yes.
that makes no sense
Existence here is preparation for the possibility of what lies beyond the veil. But if you're not ready, YOU DO ANOTHER LAP. It's a hard reset, too (memory).
I'm not even close to kidding around. Some souls been doin' laps for *far* longer than they comprehend. It's not endless, though. Darkness awaits any who run out of "méâna".
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"Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
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--Diamond Dragons (book I)
@@Novastar.SaberCombat wow, really? Wow.
Life is not meaningless. You are alive. That is the meaning. Do the best you can to enjoy it and to help others enjoy it. Life is its own purpose. How we live it determines how we all live it. In essence be good, kind, generous. If we all are, then everyone stands a chance at a decent life. Be greedy and selfish and not just you will suffer.
The latter is the essence of religion.
Great video... It definitely makes me curious to check more of his work
Perfect Thank you
I don't think I've ever heard of Samuel Beckett but I think he's my spirit animal.
I have ben siting here al day wondering who else writes "Their Way" as I do. My writing is very "wanderous", but a joy to do. I'll watch and see why I skipped over Music.
Great visuals!
I let all of that go a long time ago! It was one of the best decisions I've ever made. So much peace comes with it. Just see life as a gift and live a good and happy one. ☺️
I first saw the play ‘Not I’ as a television production and it was captivating. Much later. I saw a documentary (maybe on TH-cam) about the making of a live stage performance of ‘Not I’. It was equally engrossing, telling the story of how difficult it is to stage, especially for the actor. Both are worth searching for.
Well done. I love Waiting for Godot, Happy Days, and Endgame. I want to read more of his work. I don't find it confusing or frustrating. It is funny, brilliant, and so very true.
AWESOME THANK YOU
Brilliant as usual
Thank you man.
Absurd does not exist on it’s own. It is the consequence of inaction of an unconscious man that is manifesting itself into life. We all think that it is Estragon and Vladimir that wait for Godot. But in reality it is Godot who is waiting for both of them.
Good stuff. I agree.
That’s one of the cooler takes I’ve ever heard on Waiting for Godot
🤔🤔🤔
Student of philosophy huh.
a number of Beckett's characters are stuck...it's in the hopeful act of breaking free of routine and actively searching where one may find one's godot
Well, that was quite encouraging and uplifting....
Thx, new pov unlocked 😅
I liked this one a lot. Thanks for this.
I have enjoyed this video and all of your comments. Wonderful ideas and thoughts.
I already question my entire existence
Great visuals.
Amazing video bud
A Short excerpt from chapter 1 - "Enlightenment" of "Udāna" which means "Flight" or "to fly" in English. The "Udāna" is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
"If there is this (state), another (state) arises, by the arising of this (state), a (state) is produced, that is to say:
"From Ignorance spring Conformations, from Conformations springs Consciousness, from Consciousness spring Mind and Material Form, from Mind and Material Form, the six Organs of Sense, from the six Organs of Sense, Contact, from Contact, Sensations, from Sensations, Desire, from Desire, Attachment, from Attachment, Being,1 from Being, Birth, from Birth spring Decay, Death, Sorrow, Lamentation, Pain, Grief and Despair. Thus the whole mass of suffering originates".
thus: "If there is not this (state), another (state) does not arise, by the non-arising of this (state), a (state) is not produced, that is to say;
By the destruction of Ignorance, Conformations are destroyed, by the destruction of Conformations, Consciousness is destroyed, by the destruction of Consciousness, Mind and Material Form are destroyed, by the destruction of Mind and Material Form, the six Organs of Sense are destroyed, by the destruction of the six Organs of Sense, Contact is destroyed, by the destruction of Contact, Sensations are destroyed, by the destruction of Sensations, Desire is destroyed, by the destruction of Desire, Attachment is destroyed, by the destruction of Attachment, Being is destroyed, by the destruction of Being, Birth is destroyed, and by the destruction of Birth, Decay, Death, Sorrow, Lamentation, Pain, Grief and Despair are destroyed. Thus the whole mass of suffering is brought to an end.
I would suggest everyone to read below 4 books to know the truth. But even by saying "the truth" I'm not doing enough. The last book is for more human side of things.
Udāna.
Ashtavakra Gita or Bhagwad Gita.
God is Nothingness by Halaw Andre.
Thinking and Destiny by Harold W. Percival
From roughly 5 to 9 mins is incredible.
The voice behind the video is filled with existential overtones, it fits the subject very much. I think I know the person, and whenever I listen to him I get a similar impression: an alert mind tirelessly pursued by undefined but very noticeable angst.
C'mon. He's reading a script written by someone else.
I know a place, where I'll wait for my undefined uncertain end: pursuit of wonder channel
Comes back to the most important realization, 'the moment!'
Love Beckett. Reading him sure is a different experience.
Beautiful
He’s the greatest
Hey Pursuit of Wonder! Who makes your videos? They are so creative!
BANGER
Ironically, it was the awakening of self on a human scale that brought about the horrors of the 20th century. If we return to Christ and truth, we will see a resurgence of meaning and worth.
You could also argue that the 3 Abrahamic cults have brought far more misery, suffering, death, and mass murder than all ideologies of the 20th C combined.
Subscribed. Loved this. So, I’m sure I’ll love the rest of your shit. -Jimmy
“When you’re up to your neck in s$”t, all you can do is sing” good advice for life .
While living in France he used to drop a boy off at school , that boy would grow up to be Andre the giant .
oh wow
Nice intro summary, thanks. Unsure if I've seen your other videos, I'm a subscriber,(so I think so - the metaphor of a couple who move a fair bit, go for walks in their neighborhood, and regularly pass an old man digging a hole, comes to mind...).Anyway, maybe this your videoes could include a series of critiques or reevaluations of some of these thinkers either from their time ir since -just for more balance/extra goodness :)
thanks!
As a massive Beckett fan, I thought your video was an excellent and accurate introduction to Beckett. I often cringe at or avoid layperson’s popularizations of various intellectual topics or writers, because they can cheapen, oversimplify or just plain misread the sources. But I felt that everything you said was spot-on. You have a good understanding of Beckett.
I find it interesting that in writing Waiting For Godot, Beckett finally discovered the subject matter of his own artistic salvation. One cannot be successful and a nihilist at the same time. Futility is just another color on the artists palette.
Search for meaning can be described as an Itching sensation we get sometimes. If we scratched it, it causes more pain then relief saying that one should keep moving forward without focusing on the itching part.
Just like we do in our lives when its itchy.
4:50 ”how does one sustain meaning and create art… ”
“The art of the people (Greeks) was not be accounted for by their whims and fancies; it was to be determined by need.
What does not spring from necessity is not art. Unless a people need art as they need bread, how can their art be great?” - A. R. Orage: Friedrich Nietzsche, the Dionysian Spirit of the Age
a friend turned me on to beckett in 2002. he had a bunch of real to real movies of godot, end game, what where, the goad, not I ect. "the goad" is my fav.
it's a strange but enviable power. to lodge a phrase like "waiting for Godot" so deeply into our language like no work shorter or longer than it ever could.
though I am probably naive for envying its author, knowing what I do about him
So many are already questioning our existence.
Which is ironic, since your existence is the only thing that you can be 100% certain of in this world.
@@wmpx34 I don’t think we can be 100% certain of anything.
@@wmpx34 Are you 100% certain of that?
"Murphy" is actually a masterpiece.
Isn't the emphasis in "Godot" on the second syllable?
Yes. Is it AI speaking.
Waiting for GODot...
Perhaps in good time...
Dark you say? Looks like I just found my new favorite philosopher! Thanks! Darkness is where I find the most truth. It’s also very lonely there bc nowadays at least, nearly everyone is afraid of the dark. They go to great lengths to avoid anything dark bc it makes them feel bad. Awwww 😢
And that’s why a majority of people are in denial. They have the naive worldview of a teenager and they’re not looking for any information that would cause them to update their worldview. They actually LIKE being ignorant and in denial. Willful ignorance might be the most pathetic thing I can think of. I hate people who live their lives that way, as if it’s some enlightened life practice. Those people are a big part of the reason why we can’t have nice things.
The most important and dynamic part of this video is the ad for Blinkist. Beckett knew he could never be as great as Joyce, so he tried to dis everything in the world of Joyce. End of criticism.
HE ABOUT SUMS IT UP FOR ME TOO!!!
I love your videos….can you do one on Joseph Campbell and ideas around myths???
I'd like to see you do a video on how the German Existentialists differ from the French Existentialists & how the World Wars may have played a difference in their outlooks.
I am a self proclaimed schooler/student of and being. I preference you amongst the top of my go to lecturerers/storyteller with worthy knowledge and concepts to revisit or be introduced to, i have always found value in content enjoyable for those who consume information for contemplation and digestion to grow wisdom for its own fulfilmemt and become more at peace with all as we learn more of how much less we know. And its perfect discoving its all as it should be.
To love is to both laugh and cry.
Mostly the latter.
Waiting for some outside God, nothing will happen. Wait an eternity.
Look for God within, kingdom is within, realization can happen in a second
I am a Beckett fan! not because I know all his works but because I believe life is futile. We are mortal, so we understand our existence through the prism of our cultural and social timeframe. My life is important because I'm living it right now.
His only notable contribution to the plan was the word "godot", which when added to Asimov's contribution of "robot" are the two most fundamental hints to what God's plan really is, until the TV series "Adam-12" and book/movie "The Princess Bride" came along
It's about the contradictions between the four Gospels with the conclusion that "people are bloody ignorant apes." It depicts the inevitable state of servitude we bloody ignorant apes are born into and how we are always in a master-slave dynamic even if we don't know or have never seen the master. Furthermore, it illustrates the abjection of the slave mentality when one slave attempts to be the master of an even lower slave. Thanks for the interesting video, Beckett helps me curb my idealism, and his work also helps with the problem of being born Irish.
Spock: *"YOU MAY FIND THAT HAVING SOMETHING IS NOT NEARLY SO PLEASING AS WANTING IT."*
"Let's dance first, and think later. That's the natural order."
I love NileWonder!!!
Every one should see Waiting for Godot. It's very fun!
Do not say " very fun"
Good to be able to pay for psychoanalysis
@@doctorshawzy6477 It's not dark and brooding, but light and funny.
It's meant to be funny!
Once upon a midnight dreary
While I pondered weak and weary
On the thoughts of bygone lore
Quoth the Raven ' 'Nevermore' '
Ghostly sights appear to me
Imagine what it’s like to be
With sorrow standing at the door
Quoth my Raven ' 'Nevermore' '
The moment you realize it is all absurd, is also the moment you are released to enjoy things free from imposed supernatural representations. Live, tinker, love (if you want to), enjoy, feel pain, and generally exist bc there is no higher purpose.
"And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long and the forests will echo with laughter."
- Led Zeppelin
😁
I feel like Samuel really manifests Kafka's and Camus style in his writing
Or maybe it's just me
I agree. Not the style itself, but in content even more so. Specifically the concept of waiting (for Godot) is to me very similar to Jozef K. Waiting at the gate of Law in his parabel inside the Process.
Godot: [meanwhile] ".... maybe this isn't the right place...?
Good analysis, writing less so. And GoDOT accent on second syllable. I read this in French grad school seminar at Princeton, 1972 or 3, as undergrad in English, with Frederic OBrady, AKA Marcel Hillaire in many films and TV shows. We all pronounced second syllable emphasized. In English as well. Long vowel before single consonant is a general rule in American English. Sam wrote this in French.
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Where do you get that deeply atmospheric background music i want ir