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If you read a lot of good books and watch a lot of good movies, and then also read books about psychology, philosophy, and art, and music, and read reviews abou

by peepee1982 4y ago

If you read a lot of good books and watch a lot of good movies, and then also read books about psychology, philosophy, and art, and music, and read reviews about the things you consume ... What is a good book? If it's older than 30 years and still talked about, it'll probably be worth a read. The same goes for other forms of media. Once you have developed good taste, you'll be able to find good art among contemporary stuff. Basically, you have to grow as a human being, learn about the human condition, have lived through painful, difficult experiences yourself and fully experience them instead of pushing them away, and maybe seek help with these things from more mature people. Then you'll probably come to this kind of interpretations. But on some not so conscious level you will understand many of those things intuitively, without being able to put your finger on any single one. Because that's how art works. The artist will do most of the hard stuff for you.

xtiansimon 4y ago
> “… read books about psychology, philosophy, and art, and music…” But—once you go down that path, forever will it dominate your destiny! Years from now, you’ll look back at this moment and say—I used to just watch movies for enjoyment.
- OkayPhysicist 4y ago
  The endgame of spending a ton of time analyzing cinema (as someone who hangs out with a lot of film buffs) is that at some point the expectation of having to analyze a good movie burns thin, and you end up spending a prolonged period of time only watching bad movies that you know will be bad, because making fun of bad movies is A) a skill you've incidentally honed by paying a lot of attention to movies and B) a hell of lot less effort than paying an appropriate amount of attention to a good movie. Most of my friends got over that eventually.
- peepee1982 4y ago
  Well, anything you learn about changes your perspective. I'm a musician, so I hear music differently than non musicians. But I still get to enjoy it, too. I'm just not as easy to be aroused by it, I guess. I can't always shut off the analyzing part of my brain, but usually I can.

xtiansimon 4y ago

> “… read books about psychology, philosophy, and art, and music…” But—once you go down that path, forever will it dominate your destiny! Years from now, you’ll look back at this moment and say—I used to just watch movies for enjoyment.

OkayPhysicist 4y ago
The endgame of spending a ton of time analyzing cinema (as someone who hangs out with a lot of film buffs) is that at some point the expectation of having to analyze a good movie burns thin, and you end up spending a prolonged period of time only watching bad movies that you know will be bad, because making fun of bad movies is A) a skill you've incidentally honed by paying a lot of attention to movies and B) a hell of lot less effort than paying an appropriate amount of attention to a good movie. Most of my friends got over that eventually.
peepee1982 4y ago
Well, anything you learn about changes your perspective. I'm a musician, so I hear music differently than non musicians. But I still get to enjoy it, too. I'm just not as easy to be aroused by it, I guess. I can't always shut off the analyzing part of my brain, but usually I can.