Connection: Postmodernism

For the past few days in class we have been discussing the differences in between modernism and postmodernism. We talked about it from several subjects such as the individual, art, worldview, truth, and memory. We watched clips and read about some books to help us understand the differences between the two sides. We only spent a few days out of the week talking about but i'm sure we could have spent much longer discussing it. But what we talked about was really interesting and it made me think about how it relates to things in my life. Both things that have already happened and things that will happen in the future.

I think the ones that relate most to my life are the ones about worldview and memory. The worldview of postmodernism relates more to my life than the worldview of modernism. On the worksheet we used to reference in class, there is a point made that all voices- past and present-coexist and that originality is difficult. I believe that I am the same person I was a few years ago on the inside but on the outside there are obvious changes. It's the same with the world. There are obvious changes but it mostly stays the same in specific ways. So in the future I will change but in some ways I will still be the same.

The section on memory of postmodernism relates to my life because I have a lot of memories. On the worksheet it mentions that we a withing a memory; memory is not within us. So its almost as if it's an illusion. I have experienced and seen many things over the past 17 years but I have many memories that are still there but it's very hard to remember. For example, when I was younger. I don't remember specific things but I still have memories. We see things everyday but we don't remember every single thing but there is a memory that remains.

There are many more things about postmodernism that I can relate too and also modernism. But the memory and worldview sections relate the most to my way of life. I thought that this was a very interesting topic discussed in class. I'm glad I got to learn more about it.