/lit/ - Literature

>>14692077
The answer is music. I will not explain why.

>>14692077
>highest form of art

I'm tempted to say music because I don't understand how it's made at all. I can write, sure, but how do people make music? It always seemed like magic to me. I can't imagine thinking up a song that doesn't exist that clearly. But honestly the correct answer is neither, it's poetry

Music is. You don't need ten years of music theory under your belt to get immediate goosebumps from a song. Literature/Poetry on the other hand...

>>14692412
>...poetry on the other hand
combines what's best of both except unlike just music requires an activity of mind (primarily referential plus a connecting of dots) to be enjoyed. Any torpid vegetable can enjoy music.
btw not saying music doesn't have its active aspects because it does, they're just not as necessary to be enjoyed.
I don't think also that the 'highest form' can be discerned in terms of what most immediately entertains me.

>>14692400
It's not that hard. Just pick a couple of chords and come up with a Melody. You need to be literate and understand how to write also.

>>14692077
literature is perfection of the concept
music is perfection of the object
visual art is the perfection of their synthesis

>>14692077
musicals > dan brown > capeshit >>>> everything else

Music
You need to have a genetic defect that prevents you from hearing intervals to not appreciate music.

Writing, music and imagery merge into the greatest artform: Film. A combination of music and images, for instance, is much more impactful than either medium could ever be on its own.

>>14692400
I'm a musician and composer and it comes quite naturally. I've tried to write a novel and short stories and it feels impossible to me. How does one manage their tone or account for the inevitably variable interpretation of their words? To me, sound is easy; I hear it and I know. When I listen to a song, I can hear it from many angles, pick apart the pieces and rearrange them in my mind. There are technical considerations when writing and playing music of course, but they can and often are made secondary in the name of pursuing an artistic goal. I've written lyrics for songs, but can't write poetry without music guiding it. There is nothing "magical" in creating music, any more than there is in writing, painting, photography, or whatever. But personally, I find music intuitive to grasp and always have, while literature and poetry refuse to reveal the secrets of their creation to me.

>>14692663
Well said, anon.

I think it's music
Art, to me, is a kind of subliminal/spiritual communication. Nothing does that better, more directly, or more purely, than music.