/lit/ - Literature

>You will never give Walt Whitman the gift of fellatio on a warm, buzzing, summer morning in 19th century Long Island

>>2690233
actually, they are personality assessments to ensure that you are either
1) the type of person who will maximize profits for the company
or
2) smart enough to lie to make yourself seem like the person described above

>>2690199
we're not too lazy to work, we're wary of the generic, personality-assimilating nature of the corporate ideologue

>>2690071
Wrong. Free will would invalidate determinism. If we could choose the outcome of an event, then how can it be determined?

>2012
>not using small books as bookmarks
right now I have The Anti-Christ in my copy of Middlemarch

>"Don't give me any hipster shit"

what the fuck does that even mean? you reject any work that is, to any degree, obscure? you'll go real far in your ventures to appreciate art, OP. check out the sticky

is it ironic that I am bumping Lil Wayne while viewing a fine art thread?

>>2689740
I agree
German Gothic architecture has this morbid air to it. fascinating..

>>2689620
>sages thread
>still lurks

anyway, I'm out.
keep feeling.
-corax

>>2689596
nice try but no, I've had several "crises", and this problem is not a manifestation of that. perhaps you are the one in a crisis, attempting to resolve it by posting pictures of Tom Cruise on /lit/

>>2689591
it's all I've got

>filling out job application
>questionnaire aks "Do you feel you have control over the things that happen to you?"
>tfw I'm a determinist
>tfw I have to sacrifice my intellectual integrity and assimilate my personality in hopes of being accepted for a menial position by a mega-corporation who will gladly fire me on a whim if I don't efficiently serve to maximize profits

2 books that "everyone should read"
no need to compare, they each have their own special purpose

Awesome stuff, saved a lot of it. Thanks for contributing to this thread.
Other literati, don't be afraid to share

>>2685397
that would be awesome. I hate how prints of obscure pieces are hard to find/expensive

this was cool to see in person

"Red on my wall, Basquiat when I paint"
-Rick Ross

this is kinda a more obscure Van Gogh but it's fucking awesome

Feininger Rules!

Itt: we post our favorite art.

Don't even even start with that "Modern art sucks, it like has no meaning!!" bullshit. I'll fucking stab you.