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I so appreciate your reflections/revelations in this poem and essay. I’m torn with the visual. On one hand it offers my subconscious a way to communicate through symbol, composition, color... but on the other, my eyes are the laziest of my senses. They inform but often misinterpret and fail to truly understand.

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thanks Kim. yes, it's so easy for our eyes to get tricked. we are sharp but we are also fallible. but that's why it's so important to be well rounded and employ and engage in many different sensory modalities.

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"Suck your own dreams

Right out of your own

REM deprived heads." Ahhhh the chilling thrill of poetic trash talking. Worthy of Cyrano de Bergerac.

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:) thank you Jeff!

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One of my favorite movies, by the man who also made Wings of Desire. Yes, the longer cut of it is worth the time. Some movies are a trip. Factor in an Intermission. The idea of becoming addicted to watching our dreams on small handheld devices? Here we are.

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Absolutely! So glad someone in the audience has seen it and enjoyed it. Wings of Desire I watched recently too and also liked it. And of course I wrote a poem after watching Wings of Desire too. It's here if you'd like to take a look: https://medium.com/scuzzbucket/observations-of-eternity-95b81301ddb7

I'll probably do some commentary for it on substack at some point. Stay tuned.

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Nov 6, 2023Liked by Franco Amati

My dad told me years and years before he died that all media, mail, TV, email one day would be in the palm of our hand. He was correct. Lots to think about here Franco. TY.

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thanks :) and yeah so much has advanced and yet we still work a 40 hour work week like it's 1940. go figure.

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"Slightly more intelligent apes" - exactly right.

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:)

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Nov 8, 2023Liked by Franco Amati

I am really loving this comment section. Such insightful reflections throughout. To have written a poem that inspires such reflection and willingness to engage is quite a feat. Good work, Franco.

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Thank you, Ria. It means a lot to hear that.

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Nov 7, 2023Liked by Franco Amati

I absolutely loved this one, Franco! Both the poem and the notes. 🙏

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aw thank you, Masha <3

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ordered the Criterion movie thanks. Big fan of Wings of Desire

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enjoy it! feel free to let me know your thoughts. the soundtrack is stellar too

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Nov 7, 2023Liked by Franco Amati

U2, REM, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Patti Smith, Lou Reed....damn...

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i kno right!

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So deep & insightful, both poem & notes. I am enjoying all the comments as well. Superb piece ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Thank you very much, Marjorie ❤️

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Nov 7, 2023·edited Nov 7, 2023Liked by Franco Amati

"we are the loneliest social animal. "

How true this is. And maybe all those videos and stimulation are what we seek to feel a little less lonely. Reading is harder, but there was a time when that was all we had.

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good point--thank you for your comment Scarlett

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Damn. I loved this. Thank you. I’m excited to check out this film now and read more of your work. Seems like were traversing some similar terrains too

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thank you, I'm excited to check out yours as well. Thanks for the sub and the follow.

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Nov 6, 2023Liked by Franco Amati

"suck your own dreams right out of your own

REM-deprived heads and sizzle them

in the frying pan of modern mixed media,

but leave the rest of us with our words,

leave us with our ambiguous hopes,

and our undying songs" Sometimes it feels like all I have are ambiguous hopes! Beautiful poem. Simply loved your commentary and your reading.

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thank you, Victoria. I appreciate it. :)

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This is a heavy, intelliegent poem to contemplate. Until the End of the World is quite a journey from what I've previewed. I probably heard a quick film review of it before but missed on screen. It's indeed something to watch, perhaps in two parts to take in and appreciate.

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indeed… the Criterion channel lets you choose where to take a break… we watched it in two nights…

A note: I recall there was some disagreement between Max von Sydow and Ingmar Bergman over Max taking this part…. Ingmar employed him in so many amazing films...

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Interesting bit of trivia right there! I didn't know that.

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definitely! I think i watched it in three or four sittings. the directors cut is really long but worth it. and thank you:)

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Yup. . .! Sir, This Is It

Someone said, there is no distinction between work and play. The Alan Watts man. Boom

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yes, thank you, Geraldine :)

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awesome enlightenment and writing - thanks.

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thank you, Giulietta <3

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