Sunday 22 January 2012

POST-MODERNISM

'If you think that you have discovered the true meaning of everything by discovering that there is no meaning, or that there is something intently clever about the idea of sticking together bits and bobs in a haphazard way to create "art" that doesn't say a thing, you're in for a bit of a shock. This isn't "new" or "cutting edge" or "avante-garde": it's just the philosophy that cockroaches developed long before your ancestors dragged themsleves out of the slime. Gussying it up in big words doesn't make it any more penetrating or original.'
Melinda Selmys, Sexual Authenticity, p.92.