brookes77, 1-15-09

Postmodernism began when people stepped out of their expectations and rebelled against what was thought of to be normal, the right way to live, paint, sing, etc.
When talking about Postmodernism I thought it was really interesting that it was explained "aura" not an "era". I use to think that postmodernism is an era, a time of rebellions, riots, murders; a time of chaos. But when it was explained to me as an "aura" i really understood that it was a feeling not a time period. TV shows were filmed showing the perfect family, each member in ideal roles, aiming for the audience to feel like they should want that in a family too. The media was beginning to tell us what we should want, and what we need. I thought it was interesting that we learned in class that we are a cultural of that suffers from fear of everything, we are always paranoid. We think that we should not have to deal with pain and we are obsessed with doing thinks and traveling faster and that is so much better. We have become a cultural that rushes through life, avoiding actual pain, problems, and fear that is a part of life.
"Reality ain't what it use to be", this is one of the most truthful quotes. Reality is not reality anymore. We take everything away with a pill, or other solutions. We have an answer that will ignore the problem. Medicine prescribed to take the pain away, to take the fear away; the TV shows like second life that is an escape from one's real life, family, etc. We have made our world unreal, and obsessed with easing our worries. It was really interesting to learn about this in class because without these imperfections being voiced, one does not realize what we have become.