Growing up, I was most interested in reading, understanding, and emulating the great works of the western canon. Today I am almost exclusively interested in essays, blogs, old journals, and various work from random historical nobodies.What the fuck is wrong with me?
>>24838133you were supposed to have written your great work by now. it's all over, anon. don't worry. soon you won't be able to read at all anymore, like me.
>>24838142I mean, maybe, I guess. Maybe there's some truth to that. I don't know. In my defense, I should clarify that I now truly enjoy reading these old essays, obscure blogs, old journals, and various work from random historical nobodies far more than I enjoy reading, understanding, and emulating the great works of the western canon. It's all so confusing.
>>24838170if you enjoy it more, why does it matter?you read the canonical greats because you felt compelled to, because you *had* to. you read what you do now because it pleases you. you've done enough work to know what you like, and so you've found it. nothing to be ashamed of. it would be a shame if, from this new perspective, you let people bully you into reading the canon.
>>24838202mostly just making conversation. just curious if anyone else has experienced a similar sort of drastic taste change as they've aged.
>>24838240yeah, i went from crichton and holes to melville and melville (and that's it)
>>24838202>If you enjoy it moreI think enjoyment takes many forms, more or less active. If you're curious as to why many books have continued to be read through the centuries, or to gain some feel as to what it felt like to live in late 15th c Spain, early 16th c England, late 18th c France, etc., then you have to read the books that have lasted from those times.All in all I agree with you, however; follow your heart.
>>24838240Not really. I no longer feel guilty when giving up on a book now; also, I tend to reread the books that I like: neither applied when I was a kid.
>>24838133I can still enjoy the books but I have shifted heavily from a film guy in my childhood to philosophy, science, maths and history guy. The literature you enjoy I enjoy too. Matter of fact, give me some recommendations.
>>24838133You have grown up, the revelation you got from fiction is gone, now only reality satiates it.
