Ace Ventura, 9/10

This week's readings were a bit tougher than the previous weeks. The concepts in Lyotard were difficult and a bit abstract. Especially with his references to Kant and early philosophers. The idea that post modernism is a concept that even the greatest minds can't really put a definition on really frustrates me and makes me wonder how we, as a class, are supposed to understand it. Or what conclusion will we arrive at when the semester ends? Will we all be frustrated that we've struggled through these readings only to find that we were studying a concept that still isn't understood by anyone? The concepts that are intertwined in the reading such as Lyotard's idea of metanarratives that attempt to explain all parts of life are interesting and applicable to the study of art (including films) and literature. But I supposed I'm still waiting for that "click" where I can link all of these ideas to post modernism and begin to form my own idea about what post modernism really is. I'm also waiting for all the readings to come together. Either to combine into one meaning or theory or to be opposing theories. Currently, I see them all in their own seperate realms that really don't have much to do with one another other than that they all reference post modernism.