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Thomas Pynchon has as well but I guess he’s not as famous. But certainly extremely successful. I respect him because a theme of Gravity’s Rainbow is the observ
by nemo44x 2y ago
Thomas Pynchon has as well but I guess he’s not as famous. But certainly extremely successful.
I respect him because a theme of Gravity’s Rainbow is the observation that capitalism will absorb anything that is useful and you can’t fight it as the fight against it will be commodified and sold. That you can only fly under the radar and avoid it - to just not create a market potential.
He’s certainly lived by that.
- Miraste 2y agoPynchon is great, but avoiding the creation of commercializable art is a different tactic that never has an inflection point-there's no moment of "If I sign this paper and give my creations to vultures, I will become rich on the spot."