[ SECRET POST #2197 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2197 ⌋

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Comments

"art attempts to hold up a candle to the darkness of our existence."

[silverr]

Years ago, when I was a college student, I read John Gardner's On Moral Fiction and the thing I remember from that book (remember because it impacted the way I thought about literature and creative writing) is the idea that (paraphrasing, since the book is in a box somewhere) that "art attempts to hold up a candle against the darkness of our existence."

Literary fiction can. Speculative fiction can. Humor (aka "entertainment") can. Different candles perhaps provide different light, but they still illuminate.

(I've read a metric crapton of books of all classifications over the years, and IMO just as there are genre authors with gorgeous prose and complex, nuanced characters there are "serious" authors who write "literary" works that aren't pretentious crap. Read whatever you want, make up your own mind, and tell the snobs to go fart in a paper bag.)

Re: "art attempts to hold up a candle to the darkness of our existence."

[(Anonymous)]

I rather tend to disagree, or at least I think that literary fiction, or more generally some thing which we tend to designate as 'art', throws light on the human condition in a fundamentally different way than other things.

I don't think that has anything to do with definitions of genre, though.

Re: "art attempts to hold up a candle to the darkness of our existence."

[silverr]

Maybe it's a matter of ... reach and grasp? Some works are content to spotlight a small truth well, while others try (but fail) to blaze up and fill the entire cavern.

(I dunno, I'm coming over all metaphorical today :p)

Re: "art attempts to hold up a candle to the darkness of our existence."

[(Anonymous)]

you: I think that literary fiction, or more generally some thing which we tend to designate as 'art', throws light on the human condition in a fundamentally different way than other things.

which is what she said, dumbass.

silverr: Different candles perhaps provide different light, but they still illuminate.