/lit/ - Literature

It's the death of the aristocracy. For all it's ills, the aristocratic class of old had a certain elitist attitude and a desire to strive for artistic greatness in the works they produced that caused their works to be so superior. The democratisiation of culture may have led to a more fair society but in exchange the masses now control the cultural zeitgeist and because of this whatever appeals to the lowest common denominator reigns supreme. This problem exists in every type of art - music, painting, architecture - not just literature.

So I was at the dentist the other day, I had taken some light reading with me, and I was prepared to wait a bit as long as things weren't overtly loud. I brought along a tiny notebook and a pen I liked just in case it was too obnoxious an atmosphere for me. I only really wanted to do so as a way to keep me from letting my anger get the best of me.

So, inside the dentist office, I sit down and begin reading. Suddenly, a gigantic cow of a woman (an office assistant) behind the office kiosk began talking loudly to a new office member about whatever fleeting thought that came to her moronic head. I was overwhelmed and started to write, the first time I had ever done so in a public setting. After probably twenty minutes of writing about everything happening in the office, not looking at or saying anything, in a corner, the kiosk women closed the windows to their office, and I could distinctly hear "Well, he's been writing notes for several minutes" come wafting along the breeze by the voice of the fat woman who not thirty seconds before was speaking loudly of the three different fast food establishments she would have deliver to her in the office. I looked up as she said it, and I had an epiphany, I closed the notes, took up my book, and read for approximately one minute before the dentist called me in.

My question to you, is have you ever had a similar experience? Have you written in public and been the source of ultimate paranoia to others? In this world where our every word movement could and is recorded by phones constantly, why is one man writing so offensive? why does it strike fear in people?
I'm willing to admit I may be an autist, but typically I'm a socially savvy person.

>>9784731
Go outside and take a walk.

>>9747769
>he thought a comic book maker could write a full fledged maximalist novel

>>9702025
>t. i was pretending to be retarded the whole time!

>>9685479
>reddit spacing

>>9638560
>he didn't even read the thread

>>9421701
>tfw the jealous guy always comes along to ruin everything

dostoevsky should have omitted his epilogue to crime and punishment.
prove me wrong
>inb4 u cant
fite me.

isn't this the same face harold bloom gets occasionally? pic related.