<story><title>“People simply empty out”</title><url>http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/10/people-simply-empty-out.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tankbot</author><text>Can I just say that I love Charles Bukowski?  If you&amp;#x27;ve never read him go buy his books now.  There&amp;#x27;s so much humanity in there.  Some will think he&amp;#x27;s a downer or depressing, but I think he&amp;#x27;s genius.  His life reminds me of this quote by Hokusai:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;When I was 50 I had published a universe of designs. But all I have done before the the age of 70 is not worth bothering with. At 75 I&amp;#x27;ll have learned something of the pattern of nature, of animals, of plants, of trees, birds, fish and insects. When I am 80 you will see real progress. At 90 I shall have cut my way deeply into the mystery of life itself. At 100, I shall be a marvelous artist. At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Never stop learning, folks.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rhdoenges</author><text>I can&amp;#x27;t stomach the guy. He was an abusive drunk who thought it was funny to kick women.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8KJiay6EI0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=g8KJiay6EI0&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>“People simply empty out”</title><url>http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/10/people-simply-empty-out.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tankbot</author><text>Can I just say that I love Charles Bukowski?  If you&amp;#x27;ve never read him go buy his books now.  There&amp;#x27;s so much humanity in there.  Some will think he&amp;#x27;s a downer or depressing, but I think he&amp;#x27;s genius.  His life reminds me of this quote by Hokusai:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;When I was 50 I had published a universe of designs. But all I have done before the the age of 70 is not worth bothering with. At 75 I&amp;#x27;ll have learned something of the pattern of nature, of animals, of plants, of trees, birds, fish and insects. When I am 80 you will see real progress. At 90 I shall have cut my way deeply into the mystery of life itself. At 100, I shall be a marvelous artist. At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Never stop learning, folks.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bobbyi_settv</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d also like to recommend Bukowski Tavern in Inman Square, Cambridge, MA. They have Bukowski&amp;#x27;s writings all of the walls and are generally a good place to get a beer. There&amp;#x27;s a second location in Boston, but I haven&amp;#x27;t been to that one:
&lt;a href=&quot;http://bukowskitavern.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bukowskitavern.net&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>