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I'm a visual artist and never found anything more motivating than a)non-fiction/fiction about this profession;
plus b)aesthetic imagery-doused /lit/, would be more than appreciated

but nothing too philosophical on the nature of beauty and such (kant) as I really can't learn from those, it needs to be more like, "beautiful writing for beauty's sake" or "On being an artist/poet"

what the hell you made it this far, I have enjoyed Christian theology so much when the imagery is used for aesthetic's sake, so it doesn't have to be secular in nature. also I'm Russian, so you can include those as well.

anything similar to?:
Emerson - The Poet
Oscar Wilde- Dorian Grey + essays
Paradise Lost

I realise I'm probably asking a lot, but I'm a regular to /ic/ and actually wish I was more /lit/ for this board.

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In a certain sense, the discovery of Capital by secularists is analogous to the discovery of the Holy Grail by the questing knights: an unthinkable eschatological event that brings about the end of the world conceptually, narratively, psychologically. The end of the world is no longer an imminent event but an immanent one; it is both always-already and always-going to be.

For the first time it is possible for a generation to imagine being smothered by the never-ending gifts that stream from the Horn of Plenty. The cure for the lack, for the missing object, is even more of a disaster for thought than the lack itself. An infinitely multiplying hyperabundance swallows us up, deranges thought, confounds ordination. There is nothing to make offerings or sacrifices to: we have to keep it all. We can't give it away, we are too clever, too sensitized to risk; perhaps this is the cruel and primitive revenge of unmannered and childlike gods for our having taught them the meaning of simulation.

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Hey lit...working on my bachelors degree in philosophy while in the Army...my goal is to have my masters by the time i get out... any tips to persue this goal of mine

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I heard you guys liked poetry. Why doesn't /lit/ revere this man?

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Do you think the quality of the prose really matters in the end?

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>Existence is born out of consumption
>People "love" nature

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Thoughts on Skulduggery Pleasant, liking it so far and see little of it online so wondering what people think.

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did he write any bad books?

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So I started a Smashwords account so I could download pic related, should I use the site to self-publish my erotica while I'm at it, even though I have e-books on Amazon?

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What did you gain from rereading your favorite book?
For me, I picked up on way more of the humor in Moby-Dick
>stubb killing the first whale of the voyage with his pipe in his mouth the whole time
>the analogy of the gallows and pirates thinking they're above whalers but having no ground to stand that claim
>"it is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of the Germans, and the Macrocephalus of the Long Words"

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What does /lit/ think of Chuck Tingle?

I personally find him one of the most enjoyable authors out there even if the quality of his works are questionable

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which philosophers (quotes very welcome) advice humanity to "memento mori"?

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ITT : We share our pulp fiction ideas

Admit it, we all have them. Let's take a break from being pretentious faggots for a second and share out ideas for things like pulp novels and short stories.

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hey /lit/, I was wondering if you guys could help me find the name of some short story or poem my grandma used to read to me as a child. the short story/poem was about a cowboy/gunslinger's ghost that sat at campfire with some living person and I believe he told the story of his death. anyways, I remember it rhyming and taking about 10-20 minutes to read aloud. the language reminded me of edgar allan poe, but it could have been one of his contemporaries. my sister suggested it might have been louis l'amour also, but I'm not so sure, seems a little too late for the type of language I remember. anyways thanks for any links or suggestions as to what you think it is, I'll read what you guys post. it's a story I used to ask my grandma to read me really frequently and since she's passed on I have a slim chance of finding it again.