Allen Ginsberg, having become a spokesperson for the Sixties Generation, kept up his exhausting schedule, appearing at most every political, social, and musical event, often wearing white robes and playing his Indian drums or the harmonium. Somehow he found time to travel to India, Nepal, and to Vietnam where he experienced first hand the horrors of the unfolding war. "Understanding That This Is a Dream" was written in Saigon—other poems include "New York to San Fran" and "Consulting I Ching Smoking Pot Listening to the Fugs Sing Blake."