/lit/ - Literature

>>14445009
A prayer I wrote to the wilderness I love, that which is lost in trees but found in rocks

Out there in red expanses I beheld the seam between worlds
In seas of stone and thorn and cliff you grew more present in my mind
Before the west I did not know you, all buried under trees where I was born
You’ve never known the need to raise your voice, I understood you were alive
A great and beautiful serpent, a creature I may never touch, a border I will never meet
Angry in jagged mountains, calm in lonesome basins, you are livid in geographic emotion
You fly the high plateaus adorned in heated scales, which shimmer in the midday sun
Coiling, settling, calming in later hours, your oscillations soothed by gradients at dusk
Only when the moon goes down and the very last star rests it’s pattering feet, do you finally sleep
And so do I, my eyes heavy with the travels of the days across your back
On open stone, upon your scales, I fall asleep knowing with comfort that you are there
That in the morning I will see you again, how in our travels we will dance once more, changing in all our wild energies
You my friend, who grants me my freedom and expands my lungs, you embolden my heart, and my spirit to press on
I carry your story
I hear your voice
I know your name
Horizon

>>11982206
>implying literature isn't the root and lifeblood of all other forms of art
I'm studying documentary filmmaking and working on a project that absolutely speaks to my heart right now, and what you describe is exactly how I feel about it. If it weren't for my subject material's source of growth and how they've processed the events in their life, my medium would be without meaning or a soul, and nothing I make would be worth watching without intentional authorship. Once you learn how to write a good paper-cut off a transcribed interview using someone else's words to bolster and express their ideas and what they care about, you begin to understand the value of reading a shitload of books. I don't think your question should be "what is greater than literature?" but rather "what medium best reflects and amplifies the greatest qualities of literature?"

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>>11988881
the most genuine and creative films are low budget shit shows

>>11986401
Few people realize it, but the major barrier to excellent filmmaking is audio production, but that technology like all others associated with the art is rapidly improving in quality, portability, and is becoming smaller and cheaper by the day. The problem is that few people pay attention to audio because so many filmmakers think that they can capture an audience with cinematography alone. Walter Murch understood this, and he created some of the greatest films of the 20th century.

>>11988192
exactly