/lit/ - Literature

>>676172
>>676173
You have to say it, oh, more, oh, flowery.
If you can't think of anything, steal song lyrics.

Woo /lit/ senseless, I promise they're suckers for it.

>>676172
>>676173
You have to say it, oh, more, oh, flowery.
If you can't think of anything, steal song lyrics.

Woo /lit/ senseless, I'm promise they're suckers for it.

I went expecting to get hammered but all I got was "Gee".

>>569833
>i won't demean my passion by calling it a "hobby" OR by seeing it as a profiteering venture

Well said!

>>569746

Yes, but even though they still have dayjobs (most artists do), it's more than a "hobby". If you have music published by a record label (or even if you give it a serious self-release), at that exact moment it becomes more than a hobby.

>>569668

Hobbyists are people who gave up.
These are the musicians you go to see and they only play Pink Floyd covers because they want to be "in a band" but can't be assed to put any effort or enthusiasm into it.
What kind of artist doesn't want their work to be seen? One with no confidence in their artistry.

Alt. plot interpretation?
That sounds like the plot as it normally is to me.

Well, I haven't read it in 10 years, but this is exactly how I remember it.

He smeared warmly.

Edward was shocked and aroused. "I can not believe this… it is such a hammer!"

>>566251

It was a painful read. It almost made me cry, truthfully.
Intense shit.

>>560971

Ever read We by Yevgeny Zamyatin?
I only say because It's written in the form of journal entries and probably my favourite book ever, although it's not particularly scary

I'm alive, aren't I?

>>558760
Oh, I see. Well honestly it's not revoltingly bad or anything, it's just bland.
The trick with writing poetry is that you have to write a hundred shit poems, realize they're shit. Toss them all and start from scratch. Then you'll probably still suck, most people do, but the next hundred might have 10 worth keeping. Then you're going places!

>The title of your poem is "A Rose"

Really? Alright well, if you say so

>Subject of poem is melodramatic description of a rose

No. No no no no.
This was already cliche 500 years ago why would you even bother.

My interpretation goes like this. Getting people (as a whole) to pay attention to art - any kind of art at all - for any sustained amount of time is nearly impossible. There's so much of it out there, and most people are apathetic, and just when you finally get a sliver through, boredom strikes and they move onto something else. As an artist, Kafka had a stake in this. And he couldn't stop being an artist; like the Hunger Artist in his story, he felt personally as if he had no real choice in whether he was a writer or not. Kafka had to be.
But at the same time.
The story to a point says, "maybe art isn't so important, to anyone but the artist. Or atleast not nearly AS important". Is there any real appeal in watching someone starve? I'm sure it's fascinating for the starvee, and to other starvers, but for the spectator maybe it's just a triviality. Kafka admits this, I figure he entertains briefly that, maybe art isn't all it's cracked up to be, and that's why attention fades.

>>554082

If it was an "average porn novel", I wouldn't be interested very much.
I'm going to attempt to read it as literature, we'll see how that goes.

>>554065

Do you figure I could get this from the public library? Or is it too much for them?
Just wondering

Honestly the audiobook is probably better. I read the entire thing in his voice anyways.

Similar story with anything Nick Cave has written.

>>549116

I think His Dark Materials could be under, one row down and left, "Coming of Age," as opposed to "Entry Level", even if I have to admit it was the first series I ever read - making it probably entry level.

It's a delightful romp.
No, really, it's very playful with it's wording, and the first 1/3 of the book is almost purely comic. There's some tenderness, some hearttugging, and a few deaths, and of course the main subject matter.
Humbert (the main character), he just wants a little puppy love, and if it all goes horribly wrong, well it wouldn't be much of a novel if it didn't.

Besides he gets his just due in the end.

Lolita

>>548123

Here, cleanse with this. It will heal your inner weaboo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM8ODecbuhA

>>548078

Only five hours and you're in agony? Loathsome. In a battle of wills, I'm sure I could out-Purin you

William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops.
Listen to this for five hours straight and you'll feel like your brain's turned to vapour.

In heaven, everything is fine.~