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> enter into a marriage that would be an exercise in mutual frustration or force me to give up that which gives my life meaning and purpose If you have only a
by krageon 6y ago
> enter into a marriage that would be an exercise in mutual frustration or force me to give up that which gives my life meaning and purpose
If you have only a single interest and/or taste (like you imply here), it shouldn't be very hard to find someone with 100% overlap with you. After all, if they enjoy entertainment then they share your every taste. I think it is safe to assume that Alain de Botton writes for what he feels is "most people". Most people have interests outside of entertainment.
- pegasus 6y agoTo me art is almost the opposite of entertainment. Art is supposed to challenge us to grow, entertainment is a way to kill time. Big difference, but missed by a lot of people today.
- AgloeDreams 6y agoYup. This is the difference between high art cinema and entertainment films. I think a lot of people see films that are generally seen as art (such as Wes Anderson films, Lost in Translation, Spike Jonze's Her) as 'pretentious' because they don't see cinema as something that can be taken seriously and are looking for something else out of films. To them, seeing a film ask something of them is bizarre and uncomfortable, like being asked by a performer to come up on stage.
- krageon 6y agoArt can be a form of entertainment. One thing that art definitely is not is a thing that needs to have more gatekeepers.
- KineticLensman 6y ago> I think it is safe to assume that Alain de Botton writes for what he feels is "most people" He also wrote "How Proust Can Change Your Life", which may or may not be for "most people"
- krageon 6y agoIt might be more accurate to say that he writes about what he feels is the human experience, which of necessity is specific to him. After all, he can't really know what other people feel and think.