/lit/ - Literature

It's more the case that
(being in the) Right makes (you) Might(y)
(because you're actually correct
and what you say turns out to be true)
rather than
(being) Mighty makes you automatically 'Right(y)'
which is an illusion that a person can
somehow
brute force an error onto a society
and that the society won't suffer
and that the Mighty Ruling Class
won't ultimately die from the error.

>>18492526
I understand now.
I must forge my bravery through action, and build self discipline through meditation and exercise of the mind, body and soul.

>>16970359
Images are inherently political. They're all produced with the intent to influence other people in some way.

They're also objects within an immediate political context: who owns the thing? To whom is it displayed and for how long? Who decides its value? What do others say about what it means?

Only a fool thinks art isn't political. Doesn't matter whether you're talking about David or Piss Christ. The real question is whether the intent is good or malicious. If the intent is benign and abstract enough you don't perceive of it as politics. This person is conflating politics with obvious propaganda.

Turner

>>9308641
>>9308775
shit

What are your top 5 favourite books and what do you consider to be the best 5 books ever written?

Where do you usually lurk? You aren't from /lit/ i presume?

God Illusion is an alright book. It's not popscience but it ain't exactly a philosophical treaty either. It provides a well executed set of counter-arguments, built up on an extensive bibliography of academic works and research. It's not really meant to elevate the reader to any sort of higher mindset.

/lit/ hates Dawkins because of the symbolism associated with the new atheism, wh the "fedora-man" meme ('meme' in Dawkins's sense) which is nothing but a huge spook. This whole subject is much more interesting in my opinion, since it really shows how easy it is to manipulate people, even those siting in holographic ivory tower of internet intelligentsia.

It's funny that those who think of themselves as being ahead of the flock of TV-watching 'sheep' and immune to being guided by there nose are usually the ones who fall for the most obvious of manipulations. Just show them a way to secure their own masculinity in an indirect way; for example by bashing an emasculated 'fedora tipping' atheist, and they will forget all principles of forming an informed worldview.

It's mostly the fault of Christians that lost their battle against atheism in the late 00s and could no longer manifest their faith on the internet, so they had to vent their frustration by using guerilla warfare ad hominems. Perhaps atheist are also to blame for kicking the dead horse a little bit too much...

Anyway - Dawkins is an ok writer. By no way is he an amazing author that will go down in history for centuries to come, but he went through the struggle of laying down the concrete blocks, that we now take for granted. More over, he never allowed to get SJW shit on his legacy, by repeatedly pointing out their bullshit, which shows that he has a certain beliefs and he is ready to fight for them; a trait that he deserves a lot of respect for, especially in today's academia.

Ummm... what did you want OP? right...
First read 'The Last Messiah' by that norwegian dude. Its really short, should take you less than an hour.
Read some Lovecraft. Start with 'At The Mountains of Madness'. If you want less fiction and more of a stream of consciousness kinda thing go for 'The conspiracy against the human race' Thomas Ligotti. Many people shit on him here, but i know some people that liked him.
If you are not scared by math you might want to give 'A Road to Reality' a try.

Personally I found "The Selfish Gene" much more depressing.

>>7223395
Sounds like turner

Is Bulfinch's Mythology any good at all? Is there anything better?

Appropriate captcha: select all pictures of boats.

Just random thought, does this make sense, /lit/?

Alienation of friendship

During the child-stage, kids happen to play with one another because they happen to have the same toy, or something else very simplistic. They do not play with each other on the basis of their political ideologies, education, or social economic status. The older one gets, the more they try and become part of a particular group in society. Either the rich kids, the jazz fanatics, or anything else that sets a common ground. Often denominators for social behaviour are taste in music, humor, or even political views. If an adult is to meet with his childhood friends, a chance exists that he does not like everyone as he did as a child. In fact, it is his development towards more specific goals that alienates himself from friendship.

>>5973158
modern or contemporary?

>>5953115
I don't have one, I believe that most people who can name a favorite artist just haven't seen enough. I have a personal thing with Goya and so I tend to bring him up a lot, but even around his time there were a lot of interesting artists. It's also a general question, I'm assuming you mean painting but you just can't compare different arts.
This thread made me remember Turner (pic related) and he's a genius.

Who would you say is yours?

>>5953116
Wiki a concept called "mono no aware"

>>5953119
How about the OP?
If you want to consider rectangles it's okay, I don't think his work is better or worse if you generalize the shapes as rectangles.

>>5953111
I had never heard of Kinkade. He's like the american poor man's Turner?

So... what does your writing routine look like?
Also: What is your favourite subject to write about?