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So true about the Mona Lisa. Legolas Send a noteboard - 21/02/2012 07:57:41 PM
.....is very underwhelming in person. There is much, much better art than that, so why bother trusting the "experts" or "elites", they are often wrong.

I don't know if you've ever visited the Louvre, but anyone who has will have seen the insane crowd pushing and shoving to catch a glimpse of that tiny little painting, while far superior works are lucky to have one or two people near it at any given time (I didn't even bother to go look at it, myself).

But then, the Mona Lisa's reputation is to a large extent due to popular memory more than the experts' opinion - I dare say most experts would agree that there are better and more interesting paintings than the Mona Lisa, or at the very least that it gets an absurd amount of attention compared to other classic works. It's not the experts' fault if that whole crowd stands jostling in front of that one painting while ignoring everything else.
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Brandon Sanderson plans 36 books in his 'Cosmere' setting Werthead - 19/02/2012 11:45:24 AM 4921 Views
Was Sanderson created by the Writng Gods to counter balance GRRM? Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 05:13:07 PM 1687 Views
A modern Moorcock, eh ? *NM* Orange - 19/02/2012 05:39:00 PM 749 Views
I just wish he'd be done with the RJ shit and go back to writing his own books. Tom - 19/02/2012 05:40:59 PM 1610 Views
well, the publication date for that book is set somewhere a year from now.. jh - 19/02/2012 07:48:58 PM 1486 Views
Agreed on both points..... Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 08:00:41 PM 1591 Views
Well, but he is a "fluff" writer from a literary standpoint Tom - 20/02/2012 02:16:11 AM 1611 Views
Not a fluff writer in my mind..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:12:46 AM 1593 Views
You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying Tom - 20/02/2012 03:51:13 AM 1552 Views
And I am saying that storytelling is more important..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 04:52:39 AM 1681 Views
Storytelling is crucial... DomA - 20/02/2012 05:59:57 AM 1697 Views
A few comments/replies about your post..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 02:57:16 PM 1609 Views
You are correct in one respect: all of this is opinion. Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:11 PM 1596 Views
You sound like one of those nasty "literary elites"! Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 08:07:13 PM 1536 Views
Literature is subjective cortez1 - 21/02/2012 12:26:35 AM 1616 Views
Very well said..... *NM* Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 01:12:40 AM 716 Views
I agree with your point about reading Shakespeare from textbooks. Tom - 21/02/2012 03:18:37 AM 1679 Views
Never heard of Thomas Mann and the real Mona Lisa..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 03:34:12 AM 1479 Views
Conversely, why should I trust the likes of you? Larry - 21/02/2012 06:19:18 AM 1787 Views
Oh, come now... fionwe1987 - 21/02/2012 10:35:18 AM 1748 Views
When it comes to evaluating schema, I'm not going to trust someone who only had English 101 Larry - 21/02/2012 11:26:03 AM 1519 Views
Mostly agreed cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:00:51 PM 1568 Views
Mostly true Larry - 21/02/2012 09:27:09 PM 1604 Views
Re: Mostly true cortez1 - 22/02/2012 12:58:55 AM 1397 Views
Larry = snob Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:34:22 PM 1557 Views
Amusing Larry - 21/02/2012 07:49:20 PM 1546 Views
Wow, you lack basic reading comprehension skills..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:29:24 PM 1544 Views
No, I read that and didn't disagree that there couldn't be works that had both (read other comments) Larry - 21/02/2012 09:23:31 PM 1641 Views
See I think the word "entertaining" is misleading cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:31:59 PM 1530 Views
Uh...Faust is a play. Doctor Faustus is a novel. The former is Goethe, the latter is Mann. *NM* Tom - 22/02/2012 12:00:22 AM 738 Views
D'uh.....notice the smiley face. Good grief! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 22/02/2012 12:50:23 AM 761 Views
Just checking... *NM* Tom - 22/02/2012 01:07:40 AM 717 Views
I suppose fame is relative, but the most famous Doctor Faustus, to me personally, is indeed a play. Legolas - 22/02/2012 07:29:59 PM 1442 Views
On the subject of people who drop out of the canon Tom - 23/02/2012 01:07:10 AM 1606 Views
Wait, let's look at the gross disconnect between two statements. Tom - 21/02/2012 01:59:34 PM 1598 Views
I have not blindly rejected the literary elites..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:27:35 PM 1614 Views
So true about the Mona Lisa. Legolas - 21/02/2012 07:57:41 PM 1652 Views
Yes, I was at the Louvre and you are right..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:32:40 PM 1551 Views
This is where your own rethoric defeats you... DomA - 23/02/2012 06:38:54 AM 1602 Views
Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... Anonymous2000 - 23/02/2012 05:12:47 PM 1351 Views
Re: Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... DomA - 13/03/2012 03:10:12 AM 1619 Views
There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" DomA - 21/02/2012 08:58:11 PM 1562 Views
Re: There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:23:38 PM 1686 Views
Thank you. That was excellent. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:31 PM 793 Views
Seems like an awful lot. everynametaken - 19/02/2012 08:11:22 PM 1798 Views
Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different beetnemesis - 20/02/2012 12:50:41 AM 1656 Views
I thought he was just recycling the name at first. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 02:09:57 AM 806 Views
Re: Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different j-whitt987 - 20/02/2012 03:00:17 AM 1798 Views
Same here- I didn't know about the Cosmere at all until I started poking around online beetnemesis - 21/02/2012 03:25:36 AM 1576 Views
Likewise. After reading Mistborn and Warbreaker I started looking into him more Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:20:09 PM 1617 Views
It's likely to stay that way... DomA - 20/02/2012 06:22:50 AM 1658 Views
I think he can actually do both Werthead - 20/02/2012 03:31:00 PM 1723 Views
Re: I think he can actually do both DomA - 20/02/2012 06:34:30 PM 1769 Views
I love it. Nate - 19/02/2012 10:00:28 PM 1501 Views
Confirmation on the Mistborn trilogies. I am so happy. *NM* Ghavrel - 20/02/2012 05:38:23 AM 699 Views
I am thrilled to see that there will be more stories about Wax and Wayne..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:46:37 PM 1409 Views
The one issue I had with that book... Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:21:29 PM 1513 Views
Waxillium! *NM* beetnemesis - 21/02/2012 10:47:03 PM 707 Views
WAXILLIUM! *NM* Darth_Katie - 04/03/2012 07:39:37 AM 944 Views
Why is that an issue? I think those names are great. callandor1000 - 23/02/2012 05:31:51 AM 1482 Views
Do you not like puns? *NM* Kaldric - 06/03/2012 01:38:31 PM 800 Views
BS- The Fantasy Stephen King? xtet19x - 21/12/2012 08:12:21 PM 1293 Views
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