/lit/ - Literature

just me n ma hoe

Do you address strangers? How often? What do you say to them? Can you share some experiences?
Do you think people today is hermetic and if you touch someone on the street she will think you're gonna rape her?

How does one live this 'literary life' you guys seem to be talking about?

>>3003691
>That's all fine and dandy until one gets cold and hungry while hour grows late. I'd like to see how's that 'everywhere at home' concept working for him then.
He's not being literal here. It's more in the sense of an psychological state I think. He's no Diogenes of course.

>I'd say that definition relies too much on being able to remain idle; nowadays it's much easier to be sufficiently groomed and idle while not being rich at all.
That's an interesting point. While it's much more within people's reach nowadays, you don't see many well clad men of leisure strolling around town at all hours of the day, renting a few modest rooms somewhere near the outskirts of town. Which is perfectly doable of course. There's plenty of lazy bums, but none which strive to make it an artform like the flâneur, dandy or the bohemian.

>Then again it sound suspiciously like hipster.
I agree with this guy: >>3004266 Most hipsters are incapable of the gentle detachment towards society. They lack the eye of the observer and perhaps the writer and are trying to get smack in the middle of some bustling scene.

I think leisure is becoming more and more of an art these days. Most people are becoming incapable of just going for a stroll without any ulterior motive. Genuine idleness is a virtue worth preserving, as far as I'm concerned.