True or false?

I'm not sure about this one:

"Those who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the world." -- Michel Houellebecq

Books and movies aren't part of the "artistic universe"? Fuck people who think they know who can be artistic and who can't, and fuck that guy.

He's saying books, movies, and the rest of the artistic universe are made to escape life, not live it.

Hm.. could be true.

wow.

false....

life is so many different things to so many different people, it could never be minimalized to the level of "life is this - life isn't that"

ya know?

I see it as a tool for communication.

i agree. what does he consider living life? climbing mountains? and if what he says is true, than who could possibly be considered a "life liver" anyway?

Brian Blessed? Sir Edmund Hillary?

That can relate to a lot of the people on here.

Hmm. I guess books and movies aren't interactive dialogue with the audience thereby provoking response i.e. life.

Or else I guess I must be one hell of an escapist...

I say false. It's way too general an argument.

Hm. I think he's saying books and movies are part of the artistic universe, and people who enjoy them (and the artistic universe) must not be "lovers of life" and must be "fed up with the world." But it seems like you could love life and the world and still enjoy/create books, movies, every kind of art ... which themselves are part of life and the world, right? Hm.

True or false: Michel Houellebecq is an asshat.

You know he's a writer, right?

i see the logic, i just think its bullshit

How would I? I don't read or watch movies. The only way to truly live life is through books on tape and puppet shows.