As many of you may know I am currently in a class called The Literary Culture of Facial Hair. I am obsessed with beards and so when I heard there was a class about them I was thrilled. However, we don't sit around looking at pictures of men with beards all day (I wish), we examine famous men with beards and how they have embraced their part in various counterculture movements throughout history. We examine the work of famous bearded writers and poets and how a certain 'beardedness' relates to a life of creativity and counterculture. It is a little hippy dippy for me being surrounded by a class full of major hipsters but I am loving it so much. I thought I would share a few things I have seen and enjoyed in this class thus far.
Anis Moshgani - spoken word poet
I loved learning about his because as many of you probably agree, there is such negative stigma in our brains about slam poetry, but watching just one video of his changed my mind.
Anis Moshgani - spoken word poet
I loved learning about his because as many of you probably agree, there is such negative stigma in our brains about slam poetry, but watching just one video of his changed my mind.
Allen Ginsberg - American Poet and one of the leaders of the 1950's Beat Movement
I have read his famous poem, HOWL before and it is complete madness. We read a Supermarket in California and that was amazing. The quote below (courtesy of tumblr) was one of my favorites a long with,
"for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon."
I have read his famous poem, HOWL before and it is complete madness. We read a Supermarket in California and that was amazing. The quote below (courtesy of tumblr) was one of my favorites a long with,
"for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon."
Henry David Thoreau- American Author and Poet
We all know this transcendentalist (I hope) nature freak. He is absolutely amazing and if his work wasn't shoved down your throats in high school I seriously recommend looking him up.
We all know this transcendentalist (I hope) nature freak. He is absolutely amazing and if his work wasn't shoved down your throats in high school I seriously recommend looking him up.
Ralph Waldo Emerson- leader of the transcendentalist movement
doesn't have a beard so he's dumb
All these men went against the grain, and were apart of these counter culture movements of creativity. I can't wait to learn more!
To top it all off i'll post my favorite video of my favorite bearded men.
To top it all off i'll post my favorite video of my favorite bearded men.
The Avett Brothers, I feel really represent the counter culture movement happening right now. They also have great facial hair.