Intrigué par le titre de la série All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace , je découvre ce poème écrit par Richard Brautigan en 1967
▻http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan
▻http://www.brautigan.net/machines.html
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
I like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.
I like to think
(right now please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.
I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.
Le recueil qui contient ce poème porte la mention de copyright suivante
© Copyright 1967 by Richard Brautigan
Permission is granted to reprint
any of these poems in magazines,
books and newspapers if they are
given away free.
Il a enregistré ses poèmes ▻http://www.brautigan.net/recordings.html
▻http://www.brautigan.net/audio/listening/pill.mp3
(je reprends toute la piste, on trouve facilement des vidéos sur YT reprenant uniquement le premier poème)
Track 6: The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster
– All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
– December 30,
– A Boat
– Haiku Ambulance
– Death Is A Beautiful Car Parked Only
– Karma Repair Kit
– Crab Cigar
– Widow’s Lament
– The Pumpkin Tide
– Man
– Adrenalin Mother
– San Francisco
– 1942
– At the California Institute of Technology
– Xerox Candy Bar
– Alas, Measured Perfectly."
Interview sur une télévision suisse en 1983.
Il s’est suicidé l’année suivante.
▻http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI8woHgQ0FE