This is about looking into the future, but also looking into the past. Primarily at one's youth.
We've all been there. You can relate to this short video I made below.
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Watch Tomorrow HERE
What do you think? Bring up any memories for you?
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I really hope you are doing well.
Peace
Anthony
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In order to get there, you have to do this first.
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My latest video
Written when I was in Rehab.
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| And there it is, a new friend |
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Hey,
How are you doing?
Something very different from me. A change in direction.
I've began making TikTok videos, experimenting if you like. They're short, fairly easy and fun to make. And they get views. Unlike my video poems, which take a lot of work and get literally nothing.
So it's time to change. Here's a couple of recent ones.
Mum found alive after 25 years!
She was recently charged with a DUI after she was found. It was an outstanding warrant from 2001. Hence the old/new photo comparison.
This is a personal and unusual story that happened to me
in the 90's during my first Mardi Gras event.
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Anthony J. Langford Books | Australian writer
Music of the Masses
Someone must be to blame.
Someone must pay the price.
Will it be you?
A video poem by AJ Langford
Watch on YouTube HERE
or below
What are your thoughts? Do you agree?
I'm not sure how many more of these Video Poems I'll make. I make quick disposable videos for TikTok that get so many more views. These are hard to make. People just don't care about art. About quality. They want a quick hit. Seconds worth.
I have a few 'in the bank' ready to go and many more voiceovers recorded but I'm not sure I'll turn those voiceovers into visuals. I can't upload them to TikTok either. Those voiceovers may never see the light of day. There's dozens.
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| AI generated for this post. My idea but 'I didn't create it!' So sick of seeing music videos on YouTube that doesn't specify it's AI. These 'artists' are delibrately trying to mislead people. They're huge egos. Arseholes! |
In any regard, there are eight more videos like these complete. Then I may retire them. We shall see.
Thank you for watching. I do appreciate it, so much. Especially if you've been around for years. I started making Video Poetry in 2011. That's 15 years. Nothing lasts forever. And my work down through the decades has definitely been in 'periods'. The short films. The music videos. The video poems. The poetry. The short stories. The novels. Now it's fucking TikToks haha. Sign O The Times.
Here's one of those shitty disposable videos. Doctor Google. So easy to make.
Until next time,
Peace
Anthony
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Anthony J. Langford Books | Australian writer
The Weight of Passing Things
Hi,
I made this video 14 years ago. I came across the location where I filmed it, which is now vacant. Still. As you can see in the video, the building had already been long abandoned in 2012.
So I thought of this video, went looking and realised I had never uploaded it. I was making a few videos then, and was the primary carer of my daughter who was only 16 months then. And so it's remained unseen all this time. The poem also, has never been published before.
Now, it's for you.
All These Things We Leave Behind
A Video Poem
Watch on YouTube HERE
What did you think?
Has my style changed at all?
Text below.
Never published until now.
All these things
9/1/12
All these things
Whose time has come to pass
Whether they were ready or not
Forever suddenly has an end
Infinity has become finite
The hinges have rusted
Concrete shattered
No one to pick up the pieces
Fragments forgotten
Easier to begin again
Than to reconnect.
Yesteryear with pages Torn
Bound by faded mustard covers
The walls are coming down
Exposing interiors
Revealing frailties.
The Edges are frayed
The beautiful now Withered
Prospering weeds
Obscuring the history
Of a world owned by youth
Now decaying and no longer meaningful
Their escapades lost to time
A broken cross on the earth
Before the demise has come to pass.
It’s just another symbol
Of the way we treat
Those who do not measure up anymore
The unsubstantial, the declining
And the vulnerable
And while you turn your cheek
To more pristine prospects
Remember
That your turn is coming.
From memory, this was a case of the video being shot first and the poem was written around it. It was all done at the same time, January, 2012.
How did this make you feel?
Has my work changed over the years?
Oh yeah, smart ass? Well, how about this!
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It's very easy, particularly in the online world, to dismiss others. To make sweeping statements. Ignore the grey areas. The complexities that come with every situation. Blow one's trumpet and promote simple ideologies.
All summed up in this short video (made in '22) from one of my poems, written way back in 2014, yet more relevant now.
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| Judgement Day by Karen Barton |
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That's the theme, explored in this little poem in video form.
Please watch, read below and provide your insights. Share too if you like. It helps me out.
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My writing (and directing) career never took off the way I'd hoped. (Dreamt of for decades, since childhood).
The below quote is something I need to remember. I gave it all (I was capable of). In retrospect, I probably didn't have the confidence that others have and didn't push it as hard as some would. I emailed, submitted, rang etc but bravado can get you in the door, even with little to no talent. Seen it many times.
Anthony J. Langford Books | Australian writer
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| Very productive period - approx. 2010 |
I hope you're doing well.
Peace.
Anthony
Ignorance is never alone
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| A Willful Ignorance of the Struggle Painting by Yanin Ruibal |
Ignorance has friends
Ignorance has many supporters
Ignorance is the only way forward.
A short video well worth your time. We can all relate (well those of us with some insight, ie not ignorant).
Watch HERE
or below.
Is being self aware the opposite of bliss? A curse?
Anthony J. Langford Books | Australian writer
Everyone is bigoted!
Some years ago, young people discovered this new state of being called racism and sexism.
Suddenly it seemed, this 'new' phenomenon exploded across the internet!
Pundits raced to join the cause!
#WatCumsNxt?
Watch HERE
Written in 2013.
This video made in 2024.
Things seemed to have turned again. It's the inevitable backlash. People could only tolerate so much outrage. Especially while pumping out their own form of discrimination.
Really, I should have put this out ten years when it would have had more impact. But then I would have been branded a bigot for questioning it. I guess that's the point.
There was no justification for the hate then. And there's no justification for what we're seeing now. Cancellations and assassinations.
'If you want to make the world a better place, look in the mirror and make that change.'
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson.
Thoughts?
Anthony J. Langford Books | Australian writer
(Same site, New Domian Name).
Everyone has a crutch. What's yours?
Here's mine.
Based on a Real Drunk.
Me
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| Bukowski, roughly in the late 70's. |
Drunks at the Helm
Let the Video speak for itself. Just give it a chance, like Peace!
Poem written 2019
Video made 2024
Good news is that I haven't had a drink for a year. Almost to the day.
Bad news is that poor mental health (intense anxiety) just made it too difficult to drink. Last time I tried it, I became sick. Probably for the best. It would give me relief and fun for a night and then make me depressed for a couple of days.
You may be able to relate and certainly, the world is littered with them (us).
Do you have a crutch? We all have our coping mechanisms. What do you use to get through difficult situations?
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Based on personal experiences.
ie learning shit the hard way.
Rather than go into textual detail, it's simpler if you watch this short YouTube video.
I hope it helps you. It works! But you have to work at it. Daily.
I'm still working at it. It's an hour by hour process. And often I fail. It's hard not to trust your own feelings and thoughts especially if they're automatic and persistent. Which mine are, but that's what you have to do.
It's essentially about neuroplasticity. It is possible to alter your brain. It's not easy. A work in progress. Stress comes along which can send you back. Your own brain can try to trick you and send you backwards. It wants you to be anxious, to protect you from danger. It wants you to be depressed. To prove that the world is against you and that you are worthless. None of these things are true. Acknowledge the feelings as theyre almost impossible to stop but keep talking yourself up. Keep going. The alternative is not an option you want.
In time, they lose their power and the world shifts. Suddenly, you're more free. Your mind is not your jailor. It's a slow process. But it works. Just keep at it.
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Now, to follow my own advice. As I said in the video, I've gone backwards somewhat. Which means I need to do this more.
I'm so glad I wrote this when I was feeling good and made this video because now I use it for inspiration. Because I need it. Desperately. And others will too. Please share it. I think it's a message worth sharing.
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Tropical Conviction
It really was Paradise. White sandy beaches. Crystal clear ocean. Palm trees. Sparsely populated. Barely any tourists, at least not where I was staying. And yet, this man had a particular agenda at odds with the serene surrounds. He was set, to hasten his own destiny.
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| Me on a Island in Thailand in 1991 He may even have taken this photograph as I was travelling alone. |
I want to hear what you have to say. Are you the same?
Searching for fulfilment, waiting for destiny to take you?
Or are our stories mere tales, without a satisfying ending?
More in the Video, to be interpreted in the way only you can interpret.
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Hey,
How's your week been?
