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Baptism Of Solitude: A Tribute To Paul Bowles by Tonya Hurley (www.tonyahurleyproductions.com) Music by Vince Clarke

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: April 27, 2007 at 9:46 am
Author: tonyahurley

Length: 0:04:18
Rating: 4.95
Views: 3,845

Tags: Paul Bowles Tonya Hurley Vince Clarke

Video Comments:

frankzeppelin (Thursday 9th of October 2008 04:55:41 PM)

It's from a short essay (?) of the same name, "Baptism of Solitude." The whole essay is about a dozen pages long. The very beginning and end are excerpted here in the video. To tonyahurley, thanks for posting! I've been looking for this for several years since I first happened to catch it on tv.

30secondsflat (Thursday 9th of October 2008 05:52:49 PM)

Thanks! I searched on Amazon. It's in his "Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue" collection. I remember being in a desert in Egypt and facing pretty much what PB describes. Seeing as I'm a big Sheltering Sky fan I figure everything he writes is now gold:) ps this video is indeed beautiful; i love the way it makes the abstract concrete without losing and of its poetry

eweuflesu23 (Monday 22nd of September 2008 01:34:28 PM)

XFAKTOR212,: Two words: anger management. Mr. Bowles is talking about transcendence. By the way the audio is the sound part, you know, the spoken word and the background sound/music. Magic. Sorry to sound a bit condescending but . . . . nevermind. It's all OK. I'm good with you holding your position. --eweuflesu23

eweuflesu23 (Saturday 20th of September 2008 12:26:11 PM)

XFACTOR212, I may very well be fucking crazy. At times I suspect that is true. I still don't like the video in this context. It is creative and at times even impressive. It just doesn't work for me in this situation. I really like the audio as is. Maybe we can agree to disagree. Or . . .? what? eweuflesu23

XFAKTOR212 (Sunday 21st of September 2008 09:41:45 PM)

No, I don't think so. You keep referring to the "audio." What the hell do you mean? The prose or backing track? If you dig the prose, which is, ya know, the whole reason we're here, then you might notice that the visuals are impeccable illustrations of the "audio." You really ought to ashamed of yourself. Do you think this shit is a game?!?!?!

eweuflesu23 (Sunday 14th of September 2008 12:31:35 PM)

The audio is amazing. The video is distracting and disturbing and mostly is a negative for me while listening. I heard this track best on a local public radio station. It stopped time in my afternoon.

XFAKTOR212 (Thursday 18th of September 2008 04:09:14 PM)

You must be fucking crazy. This visuals in this piece are as stunning as the master's prose. For a Paul Bowles fan, it doesn't get much better than this. Maybe you should watch it again.

firstbornactor (Tuesday 12th of August 2008 02:47:42 AM)

my panic attacks it reminds me of

pontxomtz (Saturday 5th of July 2008 02:27:51 AM)

Amazing... GREAT WORK!

urckrecords (Sunday 22nd of June 2008 11:06:34 PM)

unbelievable!!! you have accomplished something incredible here!