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No, but I can absolutely guarantee you that if you actually do the work of background reading, you'll go through like sixty five stages of meta-realization that you were incredibly naive and knew nothing, and there is a whole world out there that has already explicitly articulated much or all of what you vaguely felt you wanted to say

I know because I had/have similar things and that tends to be what happens

>>7625857
Not to say you should give up on the dream

>The fact is, you get great art only from mutilated egos. Only mutilated egos are obsessive enough.

>Men's egotism, so disgusting in the talentless, is the source of their greatness as a sex. ... intellectual obsession, that self-mutilating derangement of social relationship which, in its alternate forms of crime and ideation, is the disgrace and glory of the human species.

cool op, so were'd you learn your ancient greek and latin?

>>7625371
room

>>7625377
I'm thinking more like 'patio' but a better word

>>7625371
Auditorium? - or Veranda, maybe. Room does have a nice swoop to it, but it's an emphasis most readers aren't going to hear.

Request...
Colors with a bit more to them, both in sound and in hue. Not stuff like pink or purple or yellow; stuff like rosé or mauve or ocher.

>>7624199
It may make you more likely to have the experiences that lead you to anti-natalism, but no.

Yes. Niggers, Chad and women are not intelligent enough to see the truth in antinatalism

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>>7624199
Come on I bet you want to lick Ligs pretty ass. Just admit it

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>>7623818
>>7623837
>>7623839
This is really bad. Reddit plz go

I wish I could read anywhere like in a moving vehicle for example but I get sick in the stomach . I prefer to read laying down in complete silence. But I've trained myself to read with my girlfriend in the same room watching retarded television shows

>>7609123
>not having gf that reads with you silently, only disturbing you to serve coffee, tea, and light snacks

>>7609123
That's a nightmare. Is she hot enough to justify enduring that?

Would he not die, man could live on naught alone but himself.

>>7604326
Art is an extension of the artist.

>>7604503
>>7604508
unoriginal

Homicide as aesthetic: Profound, powerful, beautiful, immense, impressive, enviable, expressive, individualistic, competetive, assertive, rebelilous, punk, brutal, insensitive, drastic, offensive, desirable, perfect, monstrous, scary, evil, threatening, illegal, unapologetic, unforgivable, unacceptable, monstrous, insane, psychopathic, edgy, antisocial, unconventional, unique, fashionable, sacreligious, reprehensible, inhuman, unsympathetic, violent, excessive, saturated, sudden, uncontrollable, chaotic, tempestic, arbitrary, random, undeserved, unforgivable, terrible, disgusting.

what is this nonsense

it actually bothers me that there's people retarded enough to make that picture.
anyways, you're a faggot if your only goal is to make money. you're also stupid if you think you can't learn whatever you need to know about being a writer outside of university.

>>7629050
>>7629055
It's a shop, you twats.

>>7628761
Yeah. I don't even like Soseki among Japanese authors, but people here shat themselves about this book here a few years ago. I haven't seen it mentioned lately. In fact, J-lit threads are much less common outside of the occasional Mishima thread.

>>7628780
Oh and Murakami (either) doesn't count.

>>7628644
Have you tried Looking for Alaska?

>>7628653
It couldn't have been that. I was 5.

>>7628427
Read, isolate yourself completely from outward influences. it works like shooting or music, practice makes perfect, practice practice practice. If you stay away from hearing accents, or words spoken, or words written in any way other than the author you wish to emulate, you will lose all progress quickly. my suggestion is isolate and read read read read read. read until your thoughts are written by the author himself, then read some more. it will never be permanent, but after some months, you will be able to save some of that emulation in your every day life as long as you regularly cultivate it.

>>7628447
2nding this.

Become a successful politician.

>>7628359
Do you have a link?

>>7628580
https://archive.org/details/eightbookesofpel00thucuoft

Don't be lazy; read his biography and find out.

>>7628312
No, and he didn't think anyone could.
But sure as hell he tried, and thought that everyone should.

>>7628352
>he didn't think anyone could
what was the point then?

Shameless self bump and yes i am aware i can stick my arm out and hold his head preventing him from reaching me, but how realistic is that?

buy a shank

Start with the Greeks

Yeah, it's good.

sure, ishiguro in general is great, you should check out everything he wrote imo

Yeah, pretty great read. I prefer Remains tho

>>7628184
>where do I hear about new lit
Mostly the Guardian and NY Times Book Review. NPR usually has some pretty good picks as well