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>The Art of Being Born Rich

>youtried/10

>>8524480
The Art of the Deal.
Parents were on vacation when I had diarrhea on their toilet, because their bathroom was comfy and I wasn't allowed to use it. The house was inexplicably out of toilet paper, with no time to shower before school. Luckily they left behind my dad's copy of Trump's book, at that time the designated bathroom reader. I ran through all the unsavory options in my head, and decided on tearing a bunch of papers out from the binding. I cleaned myself up, and through this all, I learned that printing paper can make surprisingly comfortable toilet paper in an emergency, but it doesn't flush very well.

This knowledge has truly changed my life.

>>8524429
Bottom's Dream

>>8524429
>non fiction
nothing because i am not a mouth breathing sperg

winter notes on summer impressions

>>8524406
The only person that hates more shit is Dan Schneider or Nabokov

A ferocious critic for a few paragraphs, maybe. There are essays of hers on literature in general, and essays with passing remarks to other works and authors, but I don't know that there are any which address anyone specific.

>>8524436
I don't think I was looking very hard. This seems to be relevant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Fiction_(essay)

To clarify, would Spanish help with treading through her language, being closer to it than english is?

Qué hermosa mujer.

>>8524384
She wrote in portuguese, not spanish dumb angloposter.

Probably best asked went it isn't 4am there.

>>8524391
You know, that's a really good point... thanks anon.

>>8524382
http://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/587f4b79b093068ee38ec3702fbabe42.nbdigital?lang=no#0

Have fun

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Bumping for interest

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Also feel free to post your favourite art.

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painting is cool

>>8524329
Take*

>inb4 sponsor link

>>8524329
Forgot link

http://dailystoic.com/giveaways/stoicon/?lucky=1225

>pic related
But that is not worth reading if you are not in high school...

>>8524311

There's not a high school in the country that will give you a good foundation in the classics. Students are so distracted by technology I would be amazed if an English class had its students read even 500 pages in a year.

HS books include To Kill A Mockinbird, The Great Gatsby, a Shakespeare play or two if you're lucky, etc.

>>8524324
Eh, it was at least quick. And that's entirely why I'm asking - I don't want to waste time on the ones that aren't worthwhile, but I figure there are at least some of those books that are good to have read for background into various literary eras, and for common-ground communication reasons.

>>8524225
Not the best prose, but a great work of literature regardless.

That's not to say the prose isn't interesting, but you won't be sitting there going"holy shit this guy is THE wordsmith"

>>8524265
as a work of literature would you put it on the same level as say Joyce's Ulysses?

>>8524268
I haven't read it all yet, but one facet appears to be something like Joyce's Ulysses. It's that level of project I guess, like inasmuch as Joyce trying to get to the heart of Dublin and all that. That Moore has undertaken a similar project has allowed him to carve out a literary space I guess.

>>8524167
Just a bunch of inane blather.

Sounds similar to what Roderick talks about in his first televised lecture about Socrates. Paraphrasing, but he speaks of the rise of Socrates to be partly a product of time. The ancient Greeks of Homer's era never questioned the meaning of courage as it was self evident. The genius of Socrates could only be present in a time when the meaning of all Athenian society was being questioned in the wake of a misguided war and tyrannical overtake of the state. Everything was under revision so it set the stage for revolutionary figures.

>>8524167
Its sad people here actually believe Green said this

>>8524144
>is it difficult

at first, but it was pretty smooth by the end

most of the expressions and mannerisms popped up enough times that you could kinda figure out what they were talking about

if the text in your image was written by the guy who wrote trainspotting then get ready for an intelligent, nihlistic, and wickedly humorous experience

>>8524144
I really enjoyed it. And if you haven't yet, I strongly recommend you reading Skagboys, its prequel, in my opinion its better than both Trainspotting and Porno

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>>8524079

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join hands, rascals

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>>8524079
Is this a thread with sad pictures?

>>8524062
You realise this trend was specifically invented to promote teenagers to get interested in writing?

>>8524062
the name is No Fap November

I did it once in 2012 while I was still in high-school. The story I wrote sucked though, I still have it sitting on my google drive waiting to be cut right down to a short story.

I was thinking of trying it again, but I honestly don't know if I could pump out so much shit again. I write at a very slow pace nowadays, so that I don't have such a mountain of shit to edit.

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>>8524032
Absolutely yeah, even if you disagree with his politics and even entire philosophical method you can't deny he has an eye for seeing past the bullshit which is what keeps me here.

>>8524032
He's an entertaining clown and not to be taken seriously

>>8524046
This. The guy's a hack. I still love the memes, though.

>>8524022
I'm interested in thought and expression. Loyalty to particular mediums is juvenile

Of course, I wish i liked painting but maybe i would if i pursued it, i'd love to paint.

lit and music go together hand in hand with the writing elements.

you should pick up an instrument and get lessons.

>>8524025
But mastery of a medium is important in conveying a message. Every type of art has certain mechanics or structure required to effectively communicate. Once you choose to invest your time in a certain art, you're inevitably sacrificing time you could spend mastering a different medium that could be better suited in delivering the kind of creative work you're trying to do.