#lit posts

[roycohns]

you dont even get it... its about identity its about fate its about choice its about futility its about love its about running away its about memory its about the past its about literature its about life its about art its everything its nothing it makes no sense it makes the most sense in the world

[nightunderthesilversky]

Art cannot be separated from the artist completely, of course the faults of the artist are reflected in the art also, like racism, misogyny, many things. 

But I feel like to some extent they can be separated. as a reader/ consumer of media many things become much more than just a piece of an artist’s repertoire to me; the things you love start to mean different things to you based on which parts of yourself they stir. You draw meaning which the maker might not have intended, I know I do. Art is open to interpretation and thus the artist’s intention of it isn’t the only thing that matters. 

I think art is also about the viewer, listener, reader, beholder...and this goes for when something is co-opted by shitty people as well, like the ‘Peg The Patriarchy’ thing. 

This is not an excuse for supporting racially/bigotry-motivated things though. Absolutely not. Your private experience of a thing being something completely different to the norm and being positive doesn’t mean that the thing itself is positive. 

Art is a private experience to individuals, and I think in that capacity it can be separated from the artist. However, when you look at its societal impact, the artist’s rendering matters the most, or at least the most popular view of it. 

[lovely-v]

Don Quixote is timeless literature bc as soon as anyone meets the man theyre like oh he’s insane but then he says literally anything and theyre like how can someone be so educated??? but so fucking dumb??? and if that aint me right here and now in 2020

[roycohns]

Albert Camus, Caligula // Phoebe Bridgers, Moon Song

[roycohns]

something something shattered self image

[yelloflamingo]

i thought i submitted a version of this intro for my assignment and i was so fucking scared

my final official paper in high school english ever and i started writing with this

[yelloflamingo]

let's be real how many children does toni morrison kill in her books

[roycohns]

that’s the thesis of it btw…