/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.10874757]

>age
>favourite book
>favourite philosopher
>favourite theologian
>favourite historian
>favourite poet
>favourite lyricist
>favourite filmmaker
>favourite experimental filmmaker
>favourite photographer
>favourite painter
>favourite architect
>favourite sculptor
>favourite youtube channel
>favourite booktube channel
>favourite youtube lecturer
>favourite podcast
>favourite literature related podcast
>favourite composer
>favourite artist
>bible translations you own
>favourite form of art
>best form of art
>favourite beverage
>favourite beverage while reading
>favourite alcoholic beverage
>daddy or mommy issues
>is life suffering
>is love the meaning of life
>do you belive in god
>are you a manlet

[Anonymous No.10874764]

>someone took the time to write this post

[Anonymous No.10874765]

>are you a manlet

Yes.

[Anonymous No.10874778]

Ok
>20
>Joseph and his Brothers - Thomas Mann
>Hegel
>Meister Eckhart
>Hegel
>Hölderlin
>Ween
>Kurosawa
>Some Chinese guy
>Not into photography
>Kandinsky
>Some Croatian guy
>Rodin
>Lol
>Lol
>Lol
>Lol
>Lol
>Unironically Stockhausen
>Hölderlin, Sophocles, Shakespeare
>None unfortunately
>Literature
>None
>Whiskey
>Coffee
>Whiskey
>Mommy
>Yes and no
>Yes and no
>Only the Absolute (the Idea)
>192 cm boys

[Anonymous No.10874785]

>>10874757
>age
24
>favourite book
Pan
>favourite philosopher
Heidegger
>favourite theologian
N/A
>favourite historian
N/A
>favourite poet
Hölderlin
>favourite lyricist
Newsom
>favourite filmmaker
Chytilová
>favourite photographer
Duane Michals
>favourite painter
Kandinsky
>favourite architect
N/A
>favourite sculptor
Chillida
>favourite youtube channel
El Rubius
>favourite booktube channel
El Rubius
>favourite youtube lecturer
El rubius
>favourite podcast
In Our Time
>favourite literature related podcast
In Our Time
>favourite composer
N/A
>favourite artist
Ornette Coleman
>bible translations you own
N/A
>favourite form of art
Sculpture
>best form of art
U wot
>favourite beverage
Black tea with milk
>favourite beverage while reading
Black tea with milk
>favourite alcoholic beverage
Beer
>daddy or mommy issues
Yes
>is life suffering
Shut up
>is love the meaning of life
N/A
>do you belive in god
No
>are you a manlet
Yes

[Anonymous No.10874789]

>>10874757
>favourite theologian
>bible translations you own
>do you belive in god

There should really be a different board for religious stuff. The amount of christian fedoralords on here is depressing

[Anonymous No.10874797]

>>10874789

[Anonymous No.10874799]

>>10874797
brilliant response anon, le atheism is rekt

[Anonymous No.10874800]

>>10874789
I honestly have no idea why religious stuff isn't in /x/ where it belongs

[Anonymous No.10874821]

>28
>Remembrance of Things Past
>Johnny Macarone
>Johnny Macarone
>Mark Du Heimmer
>Merie Le Fussier
>Jeff Mangum
>Jimmy Provolone
>Alfhid Falk Ahlmstrom
>John Smith
>Juan Pablo de La Nueva
>
>
>Joshimuz
>The bookchemist
>Gregory B. Sadler
>
>The History of Western Literature analyzed
>Bach
>Dan Schneider
>KJV
>Literature
>Whiskey
>Whiskey
>Mommy
>:)
>I heard that Schoppenhauer BTFO'D love.
>Yes
>Yes

[Anonymous No.10874835]

>>10874757
I'm gonna give you two of each; having a one favourite is stupid.
>age
26
>>favourite book
Briusov's Fiery Angel, Eco's Name of the Rose
>>favourite philosopher
Lucian Blaga, Byung chul han
>>favourite theologian
Maximus the Confessor, Origen
>>favourite poet
Eminescu, Holderin
>>favourite filmmaker
Tarkovksy, Vlacil
>>favourite painter
Bruegel, von Stuck
>>favourite architect
God
>>favourite sculptor
Bernini
>>favourite youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/smarthistoryvideos
>>favourite composer
Arvo part, Prokofieff
>>bible translations you own
Romanian, Russian, KJV
>>favourite form of art
Painting
>>favourite beverage
wine, tea
>>favourite beverage while reading
tea
>>favourite alcoholic beverage
wine
>>is life suffering
yes and no
>>is love the meaning of life
no and yes
>>do you belive in god
yes

[Anonymous No.10874838]

>age
21
>favourite book
Cuttlefish bones
>favourite philosopher
Deleuze
>favourite theologian
Donald Trump
>favourite historian
Idk
>favourite poet
Montale
>favourite lyricist
Van Morrison
>favourite filmmaker
Tarkovskij
>favourite experimental filmmaker
Marker
>favourite photographer
>favourite painter
Van Gogh/Caravaggio/Picasso
>favourite architect
Brunelleschi
>favourite sculptor
Michelangelo
>favourite youtube channel
I don't watch YouTube
>favourite booktube channel
>favourite youtube lecturer
>favourite podcast
I don't listen to podcasts
>favourite literature related podcast
>favourite composer
Probably Bach
>favourite artist
Donald Trump
>bible translations you own
An Italian one
>favourite form of art
Poetry
>best form of art
Poetry
>favourite beverage
Water
>favourite beverage while reading
Water
>favourite alcoholic beverage
Dry gin
>daddy or mommy issues
>is life suffering
Yes
>is love the meaning of life
No such thing
>do you belive in god
Nope
>are you a manlet
Nope

[Anonymous No.10874998]

>>10874757
>18
>Ulysses
>Camus (inb4 fucking shit I like him okay)
>NA
>NA
>Shakespeare
>Thom Yorke or Jeff Magnum
>Bergman
>Bergman
>NA
>Van Gogh
>NA
>NA
>ralphthemoviemaker
>Katielovesclassicbooks (rip)
>NA
>Ricky Gervais XFM stuff
>NA
>Beethoven
>Van Gogh
>Good News Rainbow Version
>Literature
>Literature
>Baileys
>Baileys
>Baileys
>Neither
>Yes
>Fuck if I know
>No
> No, 5,11

retarded thread desu

[Anonymous No.10875002]

>>10874998
Wait change 'Favourite Artist' to Joyce if that's a more general question

[Anonymous No.10875107]

>>10874757
>>age
25
>>favourite book

les miserables

>>favourite philosopher
plato, i'm a philosophy baby
>>favourite theologian
uhhhhhh JESUS????

>>favourite historian

herodotus lmao
>>favourite poet
hey you know homer was all right

>>favourite lyricist

bob dylan lmao nah it's actually Tom Waits
>>favourite filmmaker
Kurosawa / Ozu
>>favourite experimental filmmaker
Kenneth Anger
>>favourite photographer
ikea catalogue

>>favourite painter

Joan Miro
>>favourite architect
so long frank lloyd wright
>>favourite sculptor

the guys who make sculptures out of sand on the beach dude lmao
>>favourite youtube channel
redlettermedia
>>favourite booktube channel

i've yet to see one that isn't reviewing YA exclusively or isn't just dog shit

>>favourite youtube lecturer
graduate of university of joe rogan and h3h3 podcasts lmao dude wow

>>favourite podcast

British film institute literally just started a podcast and it's neat

>>favourite literature related podcast

not listened to any

>>favourite composer

philip glass koyanisqatsi YOOOOOOOOOOoooOOoooOOOOoooo

>>favourite artist

idk the people who illustrated 1930s christmas cards

>>bible translations you own

king james version

>>favourite form of art

film and literature

>>best form of art

film - it can say a thousand words with a single image and books can only offer a single image with a single word

>>favourite beverage

tea, water, cordial juice, fuckin COCA COLA AND PEPSI but i'm a little partial to arizona tea

>>favourite beverage while reading

wow do you really drink while reading what if you got your fingers wet on the pages what on earth

>>favourite alcoholic beverage
straight edge faggot also im white lmao
>>daddy or mommy issues
nah none really both parents are very supportive
>>is life suffering
nah it's just right really i'm single and all but it doesn't bother me much because i feel comfortable as who i am and i focus on my work/career or i focus on myself and enjoying my time and really is there anything better to ask for ?
>>is love the meaning of life
nah, i'd rather earn a lot of money and escape poverty. it's unlikely but i'd be much more satisfied if i made it yknow
>>do you belive in god
probably agnostic, i'm open to the idea but i'm more convinced with each day that there might not be an afterlife and it's both sobering and scary dude
>>are you a manlet
nah im 6 foot 5

[Anonymous No.10875133]

>>10874757
Removed ones I had nothing for or didn't give a reason why.

>age
21
>favourite book
Haven't read enough
>favourite philosopher
Aristotle
>favourite historian
Herodotus (if he counts)
>favourite poet
Homer
>favourite filmmaker
Andrei Tarkovsky
>favourite experimental filmmaker
Andrei Tarkovsky
>favourite painter
Rembrandt
>favourite booktube channel
I really wish there was a decent booktube channel.
>favourite form of art
Cinema
>best form of art
All of them. Medium doesn't matter. It's all up to the artist.
>favourite beverage
Milk
>favourite beverage while reading
Water
>favourite alcoholic beverage
Carlton draught
>daddy or mommy issues
No
>is life suffering
I wish, that would give me a reason to be ruthless
>is love the meaning of life
Best thing I've experienced so far.
>do you belive in god
No
>are you a manlet
King of manlets

[Anonymous No.10875225]

for everyone posting - be aware that nobody reads these because nobody gives a shit about you

[Anonymous No.10875249]

>>10874757
21
Crime and Punishment
Jean-Claude Michéa
St Augustine
Henri Guillemin, even though he can be extremely biased
Arthur Rimbaud
Georges Brassens
Nicolas Winding Refn
Kenneth Anger
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Monet
I don’t know much about architecture
Michelangelo
Orages d’acier
Michel Drac
None
Fréquence Orages d’Acier
None
Bach
Michelangelo
I don’t own any Bible, I read it on the internet
Film
Literature
Zero coke
Energy drinks
I don’t drink alcohol
Resolved
Life is suffering alleviated by brief moments of grace
Yes
Yes
No

[Anonymous No.10875347]

>age
20
>favourite book
Ulysses
>favourite philosopher
Kant
>favourite theologian
Aquinas?
>favourite historian
Herodotus
>favourite poet
Vergil
>favourite lyricist
Bobby D
>favourite filmmaker
Tarkovsky
>favourite experimental filmmaker
I guess people that do psychedelic/experimental TV programming are interesting
>favourite photographer
I don't know
>favourite painter
Magritte
>favourite architect
Unsure
>favourite sculptor
Unsure
>favourite youtube channel
Sam Hyde probably
>favourite booktube channel
Lol
>favourite youtube lecturer
Lemme get uhh
>favourite podcast
Don't listen
>favourite literature related podcast
Don't have one
>favourite composer
Bach
>favourite artist
What kind of artist? If music then Brand New
>bible translations you own
KJV, Oxford
>favourite form of art
Poetry
>best form of art
Poetry
>favourite beverage
Milkshake
>favourite beverage while reading
Coffee
>favourite alcoholic beverage
Ouzo
>daddy or mommy issues
Was abused as a child
>is life suffering
Uncertain
>is love the meaning of life
Unsure if life has a meaning
>do you belive in god
No but I wish I did
>are you a manlet
5'9 but I'm a woman

[Anonymous No.10875440]

>age
18
>favourite book
The Odessey
>favourite philosopher
Nietzsche
>favourite theologian
Isaac Newton
>favourite historian
Herodotus
>favourite poet
Homer
>favourite lyricist
Ian Curtis
>favourite filmmaker
John Carpenter
>favourite experimental filmmaker
David Lynch
>favourite photographer
Michael Kenna
>favourite painter
William Blake
>favourite architect
Eero Saarinen
>favourite sculptor
Michaelangelo
>favourite youtube channel
Mr. Carlson's Lab
>favourite booktube channel
None
>favourite youtube lecturer
Ben Eater
>favourite podcast
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
>favourite literature related podcast
None
>favourite composer
Tchaikovsky
>favourite artist
M. C. Escher
>bible translations you own
None
>favourite form of art
Wood Carving
>best form of art
Sculpting
>favourite beverage
Earl Grey
>favourite beverage while reading
Water
>favourite alcoholic beverage
Hakushu Whiskey
>daddy or mommy issues
No
>is life suffering
Yes
>is love the meaning of life
No
>do you belive in god
No
>are you a manlet
193cm (6 foot 4 inch)

[Anonymous No.10875481]

>>10875347
>5'9 but I'm a woman

sure u are

[Anonymous No.10875532]

>>10874757
>age
20
>favourite book
Dark Night of the Soul by Saint John of the Cross
>favourite philosopher
Alasdair Macintyre
>favourite theologian
Saint Augustine or Saint Thomas Aquinas
>favourite historian
Kuehnelt-Leddihn (was basically a historian)
>favourite poet
John Keats
>favourite lyricist
What? Led Zeppelin, but saying "lyricist" is gay
>favourite filmmaker
Ridley Scott, king of set design
>favourite experimental filmmaker
What
>favourite photographer
Helmut Newton
>favourite painter
Nikolai Ge
>favourite architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
>favourite sculptor
Michelangelo
>favourite youtube channel
Jerma985 or Criken2 or BedBananas
>favourite booktube channel
None, all YA
>favourite youtube lecturer
You're being too specific
>favourite podcast
Word on Fire
>favourite literature related podcast
Word on Fire
>favourite composer
Fuck you, this one is hard. Either Wagner, Tchaikovsky, or Ravel.
>favourite artist
Fool, what?
>bible translations you own
Douay-Rheims and NABRE Catholic Answer Edition
>favourite form of art
Music
>best form of art
That's tough; either writing or music.
>favourite beverage
Water
>favourite beverage while reading
Water
>favourite alcoholic beverage
Coors light or Corona
>daddy or mommy issues
Fuck you
>is life suffering
Yes, because of original sin.
>is love the meaning of life
Agapic love is, yes.
>do you belive in god
Yes.
>are you a manlet
lol yeah; 5'7" I love me some tall women though. 5'6"-5'9" and we're rolling, baby.

[Anonymous No.10875562]

>>10874757
>>age
27
>>favourite book
Mason & Dixon or Life: A User's Manual
>>favourite philosopher
Spinoza and Agamben
>>favourite theologian
Idk but I'm gonna go with Duns Scotus based solely on his name
>>favourite historian
Aby Warburg
>>favourite poet
Augusto dos Anjos
>>favourite lyricist
Momus
>>favourite filmmaker
David Lynch
>>favourite experimental filmmaker
Dziga Vertov
>>favourite photographer
Man Ray
>>favourite painter
Caravaggio, Francis Bacon, Goya
>>favourite architect
don't know and don't care
>>favourite sculptor
Giacometti
>>favourite youtube channel
kaptainkristian but it's the only one I watch with any regularity
>>favourite booktube channel
lel
>>favourite youtube lecturer
lel
>>favourite podcast
lel
>>favourite literature related podcast
lel
>>favourite composer
Sibelius or Bartok
>>favourite artist
Duchamp
>>bible translations you own
huh I have a bible but no translation idicated
>>favourite form of art
Painting and woodcutting
>>best form of art
lel
>>favourite beverage
Rum and coke / Earl grey
>>favourite beverage while reading
Earl grey
>>favourite alcoholic beverage
Rum and coke
>>daddy or mommy issues
I think my dad raised me to be a little him but he got mad when I became too good at it
>>is life suffering
Nah
>>is love the meaning of life
Nah
>>do you belive in god
ish
>>are you a manlet
no

[Anonymous No.10875571]

>>10874998
>> No, 5,11

[Anonymous No.10875637]

>>10874757
>age
23
>favorite book
The Lord of the Rings
>favorite philosopher
Hegel
>favorite theologian
My Pastor
>favorite historian
McBride
>favorite poet
Frost
>favorite lyricist
Kurt Cobain
>favorite filmmaker
Guillermo del Toro
>favorite experimental filmmaker
Kek
>favorite photographer
My mother
>favorite painter
van Gogh
>favorite architect
George Costanza
>favorite sculptor
Assorted Greeks
>favorite youtube channel
Super Best Friends Play (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC84X0epDRFdTrybxEX8ZWkA))
>favorite podcast
Super Best Friendcast!
>favorite composer
Mozart
>favorite artist(s)
RHCP
>bible translations you own
KJV, NIV
>favorite form of art
Video Games
>best form of art
Literature
>favorite beverage
Iced Tea
>favorite beverage while reading
Kool-Aid
>favorite alcoholic beverage
Vodka
>daddy or mommy issues
Mother home schooled me, omitting years of crucial mathematical instruction.
>is life suffering
Life is paradox
>is love the meaning of life
Knowledge is
>do you believe in god
No, though I'm open to the possibility
>are you a manlet
I'm 176 cm, but I don't entertain a manlet mindset, so no

[Anonymous No.10875725]

>>10874757
>age
25
>favourite book
sir gawain and the green knight
>favourite philosopher
dunno but i'm going to say saint augustine to get my clout up with /lit/ catholics
>favourite theologian
saint augustine again
>favourite historian
no idea, i don't really read history. any recommendations?
>favourite poet
tennyson
>favourite lyricist
mark kozelek
>favourite filmmaker
john ford
>favourite experimental filmmaker
i don't like experimental film
>favourite photographer
i don't much care for photography
>favourite painter
maybe john singer sargent
>favourite architect
some romanesque or neo-romanesque dude
>favourite sculptor
pick a hellenistic sculptor
>favourite youtube channel
pbs newshour
>favourite booktube channel
no idea
>favourite youtube lecturer
gregory sadler is the only one i know but i'm not subscribed to his channel
>favourite podcast
in our time
>favourite literature related podcast
in our time
>favourite composer
tomas luis de victoria
>favourite artist
dunno
>bible translations you own
nrsv-ce that i used in high school (i went to catholic school)
>favourite form of art
film
>best form of art
literature
>favourite beverage
water
>favourite beverage while reading
water
>favourite alcoholic beverage
red wine or wheat beer
>daddy or mommy issues
daddy issues
>is life suffering
for the most part
>is love the meaning of life
i don't know. it's definitely not romantic love.
>do you belive in god
yes
>are you a manlet
no

[Anonymous No.10875741]

>>10875637
>favorite form of art
>Video Games
Based

[Anonymous No.10875749]

>>10874757
>age
23
>favourite book
Don Quixote
>favourite philosopher/theologian
Adi Shankara
>favourite historian
J.M. Roberts (only one I've read a large work by
>favourite poet
Rimbaud
>favourite filmmaker
Jodorowsky
>favourite painter
Thomas Cole or Raji Ravi Varma
>favourite sculptor
Gian Bernini
>favourite youtube channel
Survive the Jive
>favorite composer
Beethoven
>favourite artist
Hiroshi Nagai
>bible translations you own
KJV
>favourite form of art
landscape paintings
>favourite beverage
Guayusa tea
>favourite beverage while reading
Barooti Assam tea
>favourite alcoholic beverage
sparkling white wine of any sort
>daddy or mommy issues
obessive and controlling mother made me resent women who try to control me
>is life suffering
the Hindu's and Buddhists got it right (e.g. it's a net negative until you get off the ride)
>is love the meaning of life
no
>do you belive in god
non-dualism desu
>are you a manlet
I'm 6'5

[Anonymous No.10875764]

>>10874757
>>age
early 20s
>>favourite book
Concluding Unscientific Postscripts
>>favourite philosopher
either Plato or Plotinus, both of which are fun to read, as are the Hellene Stoics
>>favourite theologian
Aquinas for his discipline, Kierk for keeping it real
>>favourite historian
Peter Watson
>>favourite poet
Catullus or one of the Brit. Romantics
>>favourite lyricist
Will Oldham
>>favourite filmmaker
P.T. Anderson (?)
>>favourite experimental filmmaker
Vertov or Abuladze
>>favourite photographer
Araki
>>favourite painter
J.M.W. Turner, Lessing, or (living) Samantha Keely Smith
>>favourite architect
that one mod American guy from the 60s/70s
>>favourite sculptor
the prehistoric anon who did that thicc Austrian Venus
>>favourite youtube channel
Marcel the Drunkard
>>favourite booktube channel
none
>>favourite youtube lecturer
none, but Sadler and Roderick seem alright
>>favourite podcast
Elucidations (contemporary philosophers)
>>favourite literature related podcast
none
>>favourite composer
aside from Bach, John Tavener hands-down
>>favourite artist
art pollutes the mind, and is a poor imitation of nature
>>bible translations you own
semi-original KJV (the original w/o the fucked up font), Oxford Annotated (NRSV), Douay-Rheims, the famous one with the four different languages (starts with a W)
>>favourite form of art
literature and philosophy
>>best form of art
lit. and phil.
>>favourite beverage
black coffee, appalachian spring water, bottled german mineral water
>>favourite beverage while reading
iced black coffee, cool tap water
>>favourite alcoholic beverage
used to be cheap whisky, but i'm teetotal with rare exceptions (full-bodied cab, then)
>>daddy or mommy issues
daddy spanked me a bunch; i think my mom is more of a brainlet than she actually is (trying to read Kierk, bless her heart)
>>is life suffering
not necessarily
>>is love the meaning of life
it's something, alright
>>do you belive in god
in a paranoid, neoplatonist way
>>are you a manlet
6'3", german stock

I feel guilty of narcissism, desu.

[Anonymous No.10875780]

talking about yourself is pleasurable, but when I engage in this kind of ego-driven behavior I begin to lose my center

[Anonymous No.10875833]

>>10875780
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

[Anonymous No.10875854]

ITT: attention whoring

[Anonymous No.10875859]

>>10874757
>age
21
>favourite book
Don Quixote
>favourite philosopher
Russell, but I haven't read enough to have a strong opinion
>favourite theologian
N.A
>favourite historian
N.A
>favourite poet
Shelley
>favourite lyricist
Kahane
>favourite filmmaker
Hitchcock
>favourite experimental filmmaker
Shalmalamadingdong
>favourite photographer
Fuck, I dont have one
>favourite painter
J.M.W. Turner
>favourite architect
Whoever made Notre Dame
>favourite sculptor
Bernini
>favourite youtube channel
Wisecrack
>favourite booktube channel
No.
>favourite youtube lecturer
Ummm, Peterson...?
>favourite podcast
No.
>favourite literature related podcast
Absolutely not
>favourite composer
Ooof, Ravel,Glass, or Rachimanoff
>favourite artist
John Carol Oates
>bible translations you own
None
>favourite form of art
Literature, duh
>best form of art
Literature, duh
>favourite beverage
Scotty Karate, Dark Horse Brewery
>favourite beverage while reading
Water
>favourite alcoholic beverage
See above
>daddy or mommy issues
Distant mother
>is life suffering
Depends on your definition of life and suffering
>is love the meaning of life
Why not?
>do you belive in god
Having an opinion on this means you're an idiot
>are you a manlet
Yes

[Anonymous No.10875863]

>>10875859
>>favourite beverage while reading
>Water
I like you.

[Anonymous No.10875869]

>>10875859
>favorite architect
Whoever made Notre Dame

Gotdamn, I nearly posted that exact phrase.

[Anonymous No.10875875]

>>10874757
18
The Idiot
Cicero
?
Eliade
Montale
Molina
Ozu Yasujiro
Gaspar Noe
?
?
?
?
Northman/ Steve 1989
?
Sadler
In our time
?
?
?
?
Coffee and Brandy
Both
Right now it is
Don't know
Not really
195 cm

[Anonymous No.10875927]

>age
Would rather not say
>favourite book
None
>favourite philosopher
None
>favourite theologian
None
>favourite historian
None
>favourite poet
None
>favourite lyricist
None
>favourite filmmaker
None
>favourite experimental filmmaker
Andy Warhol
>favourite photographer
None
>favourite painter
None
>favourite architect
None
>favourite sculptor
Michaelangelo
>favourite youtube channel
None
>favourite booktube channel
None
>favourite youtube lecturer
None
>favourite podcast
None
>favourite literature related podcast
None
>favourite composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
>favourite artist
None
>bible translations you own
RSV2CE
>favourite form of art
None
>best form of art
I don't know
>favourite beverage
Water
>favourite beverage while reading
None
>favourite alcoholic beverage
None
>daddy or mommy issues
None
>is life suffering
I don't know
>is love the meaning of life
I don't know
>do you belive in god
Yes
>are you a manlet
Sometimes

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