107791

Puts blacks vision to work

Even demonstrated naturę could be used for creative transformation

"Sunflower Sutra" is an account of a sojourn with lack Kerouac in a railroad yard, the discovery of a sunflower covered in dirt and soot from the railroad yard, and the subsequent revelation that this is a metaphor for all humanity: "we are not our skin of grime." This relates to his vision/auditory hallucination of poet William Blake reading "Ah, Sunflower": "Blake, my visions." (See also linę in Howl: "Blake-light tragedies" and references in other poems). The theme of the poem is consistent with Ginsberg's revelation in his original vision of Blake: the revelation that all of humanity was interconnected. (See also the linę in "Footnote to Howl": "The world is holy!"). The structure of this poem relates to "Howl" both in its use of the long linę and its repetition of the "eyeball kick" (paratactical juxtapositions) atthe end. Ginsberg says in relating his thought process after the experiments of "Howl," "What about a poem with rhythmic buildup power equal to Howl without use of repetitive base to sustain it? The Sunflower Sutra ... did that, it surprised me, one long who.

OD