Don’t be afraid, speak up like Allen Ginsberg
Posted by Marc | 8-09-2010 22:32 | Category: Human rights
Oh Future bards
chant from skull to heart to ass
as long as language lasts
Vocalize all chords
zap all consciousness
I sing out of mind jail
in New York State
without electricity
rain on the mountain
thought fills cities
I’ll leave my body
in a thin motel
myself escapes
through unborn ears
Not my language
but a voice
chanting in patterns
survives on earth
not history’s bones
but vocal tones
Dear breaths and eyes
shine in the skies
where rockets rise
to take me home.
A great video from Amnesty International on a poem from Alan Ginsberg: A Prophecy.
“Speak up. Don’t be afraid.”
Additional credits:
Director: Fernando Vallejo
Art Director: Fernando Vallejo
Producer: Mark Elliott
Cinematography: Joaquin Baca-Asay
Production Designer: Stephen Rudy
Edit House: The White House
Editor: Ethan Mitchell
Post Effects Company: Brickyard VFX / ArtJail
Brickyard EP: Michael McCarthy
Brickyard Producer: Ellen Schmitt
Brickyard Lead Flame: Gina Downing
ArtJail Producer: Leslie McCartney
ArtJail Lead Flame: Steve Mottershead
Music: Aphex Twin
Audio Post Co: Sound Lounge
Mixer: Jodi Mitchell
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