Juice15, Lyotard

“Since such structures of images and sequences constitutes a communication code among all of them. This is the way effects of reality, or if one prefers, the fantasies of realism, multiply” (Lyotard 41). After reading this part I feel that this quote connects or ties into a few other thoughts that go along with some other author’s thoughts on postmodernism.

These structures and images that Lyotard is talking about ties into postmodernism involving an explosion of media and explosion of texts. Lyotard is talking about photographic and cinematographic processes when he describes images and structures. Media can involve texts or websites and language is becoming intertwined around the world. He also states that these processes “can accomplish better, faster…” which ties into today’s belief that faster is better, especially with any sort of technology.

I also feel that the Lyotard when he says “fantasies of realism, multiply” can be tied into one of Macherey’s ideas. This idea is that you become the author of what you are seeing or reading. As people look at structures they typically make up their own stories, critique it in different ways than the author meant it to be. This is where fantasies of different people’s realism can multiply. When Lyotard mentions communication code it made me think about if it ties into the structures of images having a sign. If there was any sort of signifier tied into these images that bring about a communication code or a symbol of any sort.

Lyotard had some good points with his sublime paragraphs and made some very strong points with strong words like terror, war, slackening and his answer. I have taken a less intense view about postmodernism at this point in time.