/lit/ - Literature

Leonid Afremov and I'm slightly partial to Louis Wain

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Fuck crossing those bridges and fuck being on that boat.

Can anyone tell me the painter of this picture?

so if you were in a burning art museum and could save either an old woman or an original rembrandt painting, which would you choose

I think there is some great contemporary art out there but people seem to focus on the shit some bored man or woman does rather than good artwork.

The Sultan's Elephant was an event/exhibit in London a few years ago which has to be one of the most powerful moments in my life. Similarly, artists like Afremov can create absolutely beautiful pieces of art; pic related.

Can any of you guys identify the artist of this painting?

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Now can you honestly say your experiences with these games were as mentally fulfilling as the moment when you finally 'get' an interesting philosophical text say , as a fairly contemporary example, 'Simulacra and Simulation'?
Again, I should point out, I'm not saying videogames are not a form of art. I merely wish to learn if there is an argument for this medium being used for a higher purpose than distraction.

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10 points to you anon.

Two years ago I castrated myself, why? I do not know. I was drunk and foolish. I threw the penis away into the trash and assumed that was it finished and I would have to adjust to living a life without a cock. But I was wrong.

I can still feel my penis. I feel it like it was still attached to my body even though it's not. I can feel whatever is happening to it wherever it is. I can feel whenever someone touches it, when it falls from a great height or is bitten by a dog.

Yes, I love these
Here's Afremov - if you like him be sure to check his DeviantArt

/lit/ I knew a boy who died two years ago and I've been thinking about him lately.

He's someone I knew fairly well though I wouldn't quite say we were friends. He was 17 when he died, he disappeared on christmas eve and his body was found in the Thames several months later.

See he was quite into writing and a few of his pieces of writing were posted online after he died in memorial pieces and reading them they all seem like terrible, teenage pieces full of angst and cynicism. They were all quite bad, though of course because he died at a young age people said he was an amazing talented individual. Which may or may not be true.

The thing that upsets me is that he may have produced something amazing idea or had an amazing idea in his head he never got to finish or let alone start. The idea that he never got the chance to prove whether he was 'talented' really upsets.

Anyway, just wanted to vent

I don't know if /lit/ has ever heard of this contest but it's a yearly competition in which you must submit the worst possible opening lines you can imagine, some examples from this year:

>As Holmes, who had a nose for danger, quietly fingered the bloody knife and eyed the various body parts strewn along the dark, deserted highway, he placed his ear to the ground and, with his heart in his throat, silently mouthed to his companion, “Arm yourself, Watson, there is an evil hand afoot ahead.

>Cynthia had washed her hands of Philip McIntyre - not like you wash your hands in a public restroom when everyone is watching you to see if you washed your hands but like washing your hands after you have been working in the garden and there is dirt under your fingernails -- dirt like Philip McIntyre.

So, I was wondering. What are the worst opening lines that /lit/ could invent?

/lit/'s favorite art thread

Post some of your favorite art alongside your favorite vocabulary words.

My word: Chameleonic