/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.12060200]

You know, we always wonder what the modern equivalent is of Paris in the days of the Lost Generation. But couldn't we create something like that? Those of us who are artists, I mean.

After all, while Paris was a great city and had some good reasons to become the home of a bunch of writers and poets with little money and large ambitions, it wasn't inherently a haven for artists until Joyce, Hemingway, etc. all relocated there. The Lost Generation made Paris what we read about it being.

Couldn't a certain number of writers and artists today find another city that's like what Paris was back then, and all decide to move there? Maybe we could create an artistic community. We could move some of what we do here on /lit/ into the real world, and form lasting bonds of friendship and camaraderie while we create great art.

[Anonymous No.12060223]

>>12060200
It will just turn into LA once all the fags move in

[Anonymous No.12060246]

>>12060200

None of those people had the internet. It's impossible, now; we're all too stupid.

[Anonymous No.12060346]

Cities don't have flavour anymore. They're'll just McDonald's.

[Anonymous No.12060390]

>>12060200
It’s happening online now. Unfortunately it’s a bunch of YouTube vloggers and pseudo-philosophers like Stefan Molynuex. Things will be better eventually

[Anonymous No.12060397]

what the fuck do they even talk to each other about? i havnt had a conversation deeper than the weather with anyone in months

[Anonymous No.12060402]

>>12060397
Yeah, I'd love to be a fly on the wall to them talking
I have a feeling it's usually more mundane than we think though they have the capacity for a conversation of real substance

[Anonymous No.12060403]

>>12060346
For LondonFrog to binge at

[Anonymous No.12060409]

those times are past

[Anonymous No.12060427]

>>12060346
This. New York is like a shower head of sameness. A steady stream of people move in, before they get sprayed over the whole world - to San Francisco, LA, DC, London, Paris, Hong Kong, Beijing, Seattle, Vancouver, Toronto, Berlin, Copenhagen, Moscow, Bangkok, Mumbai, Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Manila, Jakarta, Istanbul, Budapest, Rome, Mexico City, Rio, Tokyo, etc. all of these cities have the same restaurants, the same hotels, the same music available at concert halls. There are only cosmetic differences between them at this point. Different architectural flavors to put on Instagram, different instagrammable deserts, different rappers on Instagram.

[Anonymous No.12060432]

>>12060427
So what do we do then? Isn’t 4chan enough? Why can’t /lit/ be modern day Paris

[Anonymous No.12060524]

>>12060427
I can vouch for Copenhagen being an overpriced, largely uninteresting shithole. Don't believe the hype.

[Anonymous No.12061999]

>>12060432
Because as much as I enjoy interacting with you guys online, there's no real substitute for more intimate, personal conversation. Plus, it's easier to share work in person than putting it up on a message board, where someone could steal it.

[Anonymous No.12062014]

>>12061999
>where someone could steal it.
do you guys unironically fear this

[Anonymous No.12062079]

>>12062014

I'm not >>12061999 (checked) but I feel the same. I enjoy interacting with you guys online so much, but for more intimate, personal conversation there's no real substitute. Additionally, allowing people to steal your work off a message board is a lot harder than sharing work in person.

[Anonymous No.12062315]

>>12060427
This reads as a list of what would be called "megacities" or "international cities". I'd like to hope that smaller (in the context of the megacity) cities would still be worthwhile, stimulating places to be.

[Anonymous No.12062337]

>>12062315
no, they've all been thoroughly braindrained

[Anonymous No.12062343]

>>12062079
i couldnt care less if someone stole my work and got it published, i would find that hilarious honestly
i could also embarrass him publicly by pointing people towards the 4chan thread archive

[Anonymous No.12062528]

>>12062337
I am completely unsurprised desu, I myself keep thinking about leaving the small city that I live in, but that's because the economy of the entire state (in the US) is shit.

[Anonymous No.12062536]

>>12060223
This but unironically and uncritically and in a positive way

[Anonymous No.12062552]

Lisbon desu

[Anonymous No.12062560]

We could all move to Buenos Aires, the Argentinian economy has gone back into the shitter so things are cheaper than ever down there. Plus it would be fun to bum around Borges' hometown.