Allen discusses Kerouac's "Belief and Technique for Modern Prose" and some of his Mind Writing Slogans. Class is full of real-life unpacking of these ideas and Ginsberg is very clear and articulate. Class ends with an assignment based on Buddhist psychology (I believe here he is referring to a Buddhist notion of micro-moments of attention and how they form consciousness that I found in Sekida's Zen Training (chapter 10: "Three Nen Actions"). If you had to listen to just one class, this is IT!

0-8: Intro, Bowing
8: "Nothing to Lose" anti-artificial ethic of 20th century art
12:45: Belief and Technique for Modern Prose
29ish: Projective Verse Tangent- Olsen (interesting discussion of feedback of trying to outsmart yourself)
41:16: How do you locate the mental flow?? Thinking in images, words, rythym & How to "rub out the word".
53:20: Time to Write- Kerouac, Burroughs, Ginsberg workday
54:30: Negative Capability
1:02: Discusses his mindtricks which became Mind Writing Slogans
1:08: Write a 3 line poem consisting in ...
1. Flashing on the undifferentiated space/universe (heaven)
2. Recognizing the exact place you are (earth)
3. Afterthought or ripple of comment (man)
1:13: Trying to reconcile Buddhadharma with Bop Prosody for practical writing, poems.
1:15: 3 minute meditate in silence: NOT trying to write poetry- then write for 3-4 minutes- then sit down and be quiet for 3 minutes
1:22: Homework: 5 times wake up and come back to yourself and stand for three minutes empty minded and write three line poem- flash recognition afterthought
1:25: Ginsberg reads the poem he just wrote

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