Do People Read More or Less

[Alexander III]

"Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist - Albert Einstein" I forget whose profile that quote was taken from, and I'm sorry but it's amazing...
I'm sorry, also, but I can't in any constructive way participate to such a random conversation - its like participating in a Quebec Sovereignty convention which, though I may live there, I can in no way adhere to...
I mean, I love all of it, everything, every single thing that can inspire or amaze me.. science, art, agriculture, turd-picking (should it come to it)...
Which kind of leads me onto my following question about EXPERTS:
If there are so many experts on literature - here as elsewhere - why so few authors/poets that post?
Ashamed? Wouldn't think of it...
Fakes? Hm...
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man! This COULD be an awesome site...
Just stop this nonsense, please...
I KNOW people... people who would join, WILLINGLY... COOL people (hahaha)...
But these inane discussions?
Really?
Please... I could metaphorically discuss my cats valuelessness in view of life's valuelessness with or without your own evaluational calendar and still understand poetry better than most the idiots that choose to flap-and flop-and flip their pens on here...
You know?
Last I checked (less than 15 min. ago) there were less than 30 people on here...
Damnit man! I am all for keeping {EDIT} small, select, distinct and as esoteric as possible, but has that really been the case? Worldwide? 30? Really? How is ANYONE to get a DISTINCT appreciation of their individual worth based on the appreciation of 30/5billion people?
Whatever...
Bah...

Sorry bastardchild, but you completely lost me there, what do mean ?

[kasie]

Hello, BChild - welcome to the site, I see you have joined in the last few days. You may not have realised that this is a 24 hour site, members may spend only a few minutes looking at it, or several hours, they come and go - your input will be read by more than thirty people in the course of a few days. They will be of all ages and of a wide variety of experience (life and literary) and critical ability - you may be surprised at the wisdom you come across here, as well as the tolerance and humour, not to mention the help, should you require it.

[Mr. Pedantic]

Try The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon I read it over the summer (I would recommend not doing this if you are the least bit skittish), it is not fiction, and for me it was an effort to start, but am very glad it was recommended and given to me to read.

As soon as I'm done, "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love", I'll get right on it.