Throughout the entire piece, there is a clear progression in Ginsberg's emotions that he allows the audience to experience. The "Note to Howl" was previously seen as a turning point for Allen Ginsberg. It has also been said that this final piece is Allen Ginsberg recanting his ideas that he poured his heart and soul into in the previous three parts, revealing personal information. Another idea that came from listening and analyzing the entire piece, made by Allen Ginsberg, is that the footnote is simply a change in his mindset. Ginsberg has a very different way of thinking in which he claims that every being is holy; “Everything is holy! everyone is holy! everywhere is holy! every day is holy! every day is an eternity! Every man is an angel!” (line 114). The change of mentality that the reader can see in Allen Ginsberg is like the afterthought of a soul that has just achieved enlightenment. Having gone through the steps to self-acceptance, he now makes the connection he too needs to not judge, but to accept. All this was not just a journey for one man's well-being, because it is a journey for this man to reach the concept of acceptance. Allen Ginsberg not only accepts himself for who he is, but now accepts the thoughts and feelings of those around him, even those he had previously carefully examined: “Holy time in eternity, holy eternity in time, holy clocks in space , holy the fourth dimension, holy the fifth International, holy the Angel in Moloch!” (line 123). This is the final piece in which some critics believe Allen Ginsberg retracts his previously made statements. One might even say that there should be more of these critics
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