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The thing I found most interesting about Jencks writing was how he described the different types of architecture evident in postmodernism. I have always loved architecture and am fascinated by different countries building ideas. After reading Jencks article I feel much more informed and have a new appreciation for postmodern architecture. The quote on page 294 really stood out to me, "Even more than in the nineteenth century, the age of eclecticism, we have the freedom to choose and perfect our conventions, and this choice forces us to look both inward and outwards to culture as a whole." In today's world we have much more freedom to explore and develop new ideas and conventions. I think this quote is saying that we must examine culture as a whole and really decide exactly how we want our culture to be. Even more than the past century of eclecticism, we are free to decide what we want our culture to be and explore open ideas of creativity and imagination. The buildings and designs people come up with today are so extreme that it is challenging society as a whole to examine what are culture really is. Architecture is an aquired taste. It is something that grows and develops over time through experience and observation. Without designers pushing the limits and challenging our eyes we would never have reached the level of achievment we have now. It is through the different forms of architecture Jencks describes that we can really define the progressive and liberation we have made as a culture.