literature is objectively the most mediocre form of art. This

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literature is objectively the most mediocre form of art. This comes from someone highly trained in music, literature and philosophy. The greatest moments of music are much more emotional and profound than the most "sublime" moments in literature, objectively speaking. If you disagree, you have not experienced the greatest moments of music and literature. Music can create a much more sustained and intense emotional response in people. In this way, the emotional aspect of literature is always mediocre compared to that of music. Literature tries to make up for this with ideas, which end up being pseudo-philosophical and shallow compared to those of true philosophy. One might say that Literature tries to emphasize subjective ideas and thoughts to express a vague but relatable notion of the human experience instead of trying to approach actual truth about humanity, opting to try to create characters or stories that audiences can connect with rather than an actual analysis, and that thus its ideas have a different purpose from those of philosophy. However, this again emphasizes the emotional aspect of literature, which, as mentioned previously, pales in comparison to tht of music. A counter argument to this might be that literature creates different emotions from music, creating a dialogue between the reader and writer, and that it is this emotional connection that makes literature just as valuable as music. While, granted, the dialogue between reader and writer is often emotionally fulfilling and gratifying for the lonely, and is not quite propagated in any other art form to the extent it is in literature, the emotional intensity and profundity of this dialogue simply does not compare to the emotional intensity and profundity in the best moments of the greatest music. The fact that literature has its own unique effect does not make it equal to music, as the effect in question simply does not compare to those of the greatest music. Thus, literature at its best, pales in its emotional capacity in comparison to music, and in its intellectual capacity in comparison to philosophy. Literature has the unique and valuable effect of allowing readers to relate to and connect to a story, but the fact that this effect is unique does not make it equal, and, ultimately, the effects of literature are ultimately trivial when compared to those of music and philosophy.