02-11-2016, 02:44 PM
Rowens,
Im a tad confused. Is individualism synonymous with literature to you, or are you speaking specifically about individualism in lit? If its the latter I agree with you, I think that's largely due to public demand and the media. I mean we are in a day where movie stars, a pro UFC fighter, and musicians can write books that become bestsellers. Why? Because people know them, practically idolize them, and because they have a means to market and promote their literature. But this goes exactly back to what I was saying; maybe there's original stuff out there that just hasnt been promoted successfully, I mean take yourself for example. You have unpublished works, unpublished works that im sure might carry a bit more meaning than a life memoir; now imagine how many people out there that are just like you in that they have unpublished works as well. Due to overall population size that number has got to be greater than it ever has been, and its got to do nothing but increase as time goes on, it only makes sense, no? Thats also exactly why it also feels like the originality is dwindling, cuz there's all this cliche shtuff trending overshadowing all the original.
mike
Im a tad confused. Is individualism synonymous with literature to you, or are you speaking specifically about individualism in lit? If its the latter I agree with you, I think that's largely due to public demand and the media. I mean we are in a day where movie stars, a pro UFC fighter, and musicians can write books that become bestsellers. Why? Because people know them, practically idolize them, and because they have a means to market and promote their literature. But this goes exactly back to what I was saying; maybe there's original stuff out there that just hasnt been promoted successfully, I mean take yourself for example. You have unpublished works, unpublished works that im sure might carry a bit more meaning than a life memoir; now imagine how many people out there that are just like you in that they have unpublished works as well. Due to overall population size that number has got to be greater than it ever has been, and its got to do nothing but increase as time goes on, it only makes sense, no? Thats also exactly why it also feels like the originality is dwindling, cuz there's all this cliche shtuff trending overshadowing all the original.
mike
Crit away