Lyotard and O'Hara

The first of these reading assignments, Introduction to The Postmodern Condition, is perhaps maybe one of the most confusing pieces of literature I have ever read. So confusing that I'm not going to fill a blog post with what I barely understand from it. But I will say this about the piece Lyotard does discuss something to the effect that even though narratives are not based on "proven facts" there is still some merit to what is personal truth. That truth can be just as powerful. The second reading Personism: A Manifesto, discusses poetry, minimalism, and something he made up called personism. Personism is the idea that it is better to keep poetry between the poet and the intended audience, and to keep it only to that. That manifesto overall is relatively entertaining and says some very philosophical ideas, such as: "But that’s not why you fell in love in the first place, just to hang onto life, so you have to take your chances and try to avoid being logical. Pain always produces logic, which is very bad for you."