J.N. Nagel
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J.N. Nagel
@PiousArtist
Musings of a sensitive young Norwegian man. «He is dressed in a striking yellow suit and has a small bottle of prussic acid hidden in his vest pocket…»
انضم Aralık 2020
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Loved this book overall. If I ever get a chance to teach a course in hermeneutics, I will draw from this work.
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The only one you should knowledgemog is your former self. Not even that, you should contentmentmog your former self. Of what use is knowledge if it hinders you in acknowledging and embracing life’s most precious things?
bifocal bunny@veritasvates
you need to be bookmaxxing everywhere so that you can knowledgemog everyone
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On writing essays on themes in books:
J.N. Nagel@PiousArtist
@leahprime Could be any really. If you find something of substance, write about it. Entertain that thought, elaborate it, connect it to your own life, expand it, transform it. An example is TBK, which contains unlimited things you could write about.
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Or maybe just partake in two world wars, one civil war, a few airplane crashes, and writer’s block probably won’t happen to you…
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Writing advice from Ernest Hemingway.
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master."
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«Art and prayer are the only decent ejaculations of the soul.»
Joris-Karl Huysmans
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@PiousArtist Good time to see this tweet.
I’ve been thinking of doing exactly this for 15-16 months now; long form retellings of my literary encounters.
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Deep-diving into a few books a year, writing long-form essays on different themes in the books, and reading academic articles on them, is arguably more rewarding in the long run than reading as much and quickly as possible. I fear this is a lost art in the age of quantity.
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«But now it was spring again, and spring was almost unbearable for sensitive hearts. It drove creation to its utmost limits, it wafted its spice-laden breath even into the nostrils of the innocent.»
Knut Hamsun
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@PiousArtist did You actually think about this before You put pen to paper ?? or You wrote it while stoned ?? God play on satan's vanity when He said to Him "Have You looked on Job" ??
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my father-in-law: “The first time I read Beckett I was blown away. All I could think was: ‘Finally here’s a guy who tells the fucking truth.’ He just doesn’t flinch. Not once. He makes every other writer look like a coward, because they are.”
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@PiousArtist Better to read deeply a limited number of masterworks from great thinkers than jumping promiscuously from text to text.
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@NickDixon Hunger and Mysteries are both brilliant, but Victoria, Pan, Growth of the Soil (my personal favorite), and the Wanderer-trilogy are also top notch. Hamsun is massively underrated in the «best novelists» conversation. A wizard of words.
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One of the greatest novelists of all time. Yes I know he sided with the painter in later life, but Hunger is so good, people seem to have given him a pass.
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«There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.» - Knut Hamsun
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To compose poetry is about listening, not to contrive, it is about bringing forth something that already exists. This is why when one reads great poetry, one often gets this feeling of «I knew all of this already, I just didn’t express it.»
Language listens to itself.
Jon Fosse
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«There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.»
- Knut Hamsun
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This is an excellent reason to have a Zettelkasten by the way
Nothing over-engineered, just little notes that talk to each other and grow over time
J.N. Nagel@PiousArtist
Deep-diving into a few books a year, writing long-form essays on different themes in the books, and reading academic articles on them, is arguably more rewarding in the long run than reading as much and quickly as possible. I fear this is a lost art in the age of quantity.
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Young dreamer: «I want to be a writer.»
Every writer ever: «Don’t. Just don’t. It’ll ruin you.»
Young dreamer: «Ooo woow!! Existential agony and torment!!😍😍😍»
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@leahprime Could be any really. If you find something of substance, write about it. Entertain that thought, elaborate it, connect it to your own life, expand it, transform it. An example is TBK, which contains unlimited things you could write about.
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@PiousArtist there’s so much to be found in the dedicated, intentional encounter with literature.
this is also a real, serious “leisure pursuit,” and it’s one of the most worthwhile uses of your time and energy
what books are you thinking of?
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@jarvis_best Why did she eat ice cream with metal nails? Must take forever to finish.
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