/lit/ - Literature

>>19329104

>the /hmofa/ pastebin didn't make the list

>the sex scene is interrupted with philosophical musings

>inherent
is there a quicker way to spot a pseud?

>>15070032
>moral ground.

>>15018245
>a "pleasing speaker / writer"

>>14878717
>I don't know beans

>>14759919
>andrei rublev, waterloo, fitzcarraldo

>>13236394
so many of those autistic chibi toys

why would you not finish it?

just finish it then give it away if you dislike it. simple.

>he wants to write a novel when it's almost 2019
>he hasn't accepted that the novel is dead
>he won't acknowledge that screenplays are the only valid form of creative writing in the 21st century

>>12079714
https://youtu.be/HLLoWh45jOA

>prove it

>>12065548
>>12065603
>>12065819
>the harder the riddle the better the art

>>11850032
Lets go take a schwitz

>>11781182
>/mu/

>>11767580
>narrator is an NPC

>Be me
>Be 25
>Visit home
>Find box in basement full of books I owned in highschool
>mfw

Anyone else ever have this feel?

>>11669619
>immaculate Iinguistic dexterity

Some of you are talking out of your ass.

Whether some is high-brow or low-brow isn't subjective; there's a reason why what's considered high-brow is similar in wildly different cultures, and that is because high-brow has an objective definition. It's always had an objective definition: for the last thousand years philosophers have made a clear distinction between simple pleasures (e.g. sex) and high-order pleasures (e.g. literature). Pleasure derivation -- as you will see -- is the core determinant of an activity's place on the spectrum of cultural sophistication.

Things that are instantly gratifying generally have little value. It's obvious why we have a gut feeling for whether something is trash, low-class, pleb shit. The feeling comes from knowing that it's not very rewarding, which means it requires no effort, which means that even an animal could do it. Compare this with the feeling of accomplishment of having completed a long, complex book. This is why reading is considered high-brow, but getting hammered every night isn't.

All of this stuff has been confirmed by neuroscience at a fundamental level, and more generally by psychology/sociology. High-brow interests can actually activate neural networks that aren't present in most animals, and these brain regions are thought to involve pleasures above simple stimulation like eating and masturbating; they take into account future states of happiness despite the current activity not being pleasant. Example: you're working hard creating music, are frustrated and angry, yet you're happy knowing that you'll have created something of high aesthetic value when you're done.

>much to his chagrin