Today in class was very thought provoking. It really made me understand Lyotard’s writing a lot more. When we connected all the other readers to Lyotard’s idea of, “thinkers…spread a reign of terror in the use of language.”, it really brought everything together for me and put thing into perspective. I never really thought of myself as a terrorist when reading a text, but after learning why Lyotard call’s us this, it makes more sense to me.
I thought the whole notion of realism was really interesting as well. I learned an interesting term called Verisimilitude , that I was never aware existed but I was completely taking part in the act. Verisimilitude is when you know something is not real, but you act as though it is real. I’ve experienced this regularly, when watching television, and I’ll be the first to admit it. Sadly, sometimes I do engage in mindless television like The Hills, and envy the life some of the characters on the show. I know that it is silly and it is probably all fake, but the lives they live are dramatically different than mine and I think of it as kind of a fantasy the way they live (and all celebrities for that matter).
Also, I cannot wait to learn about more of the Avant-Garde style of art. I love Pollack’s and Warhol’s work, it’s amazing and beautiful to study and look at. Also, I would have to agree that nowadays it’s hard to be original with anything because everything is a reproduction of an original or a slightly different version of the original.
Overall, class today was very clarifying and interesting to listen to. I learned a lot of really great things that helped me piece together some other theorists views and relate them to each other.
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Solid post. I am glad class cleared some things up for you and it is great that you have connected terms such as verisimilitude to your everyday life.
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