EN 220 Lecture 11: EN 220 020817
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Modernists seem cutting edge, but at the same time, they seem almost primitive. People don"t think he"s a modernist because he"s not over-the-top experimental. It keeps it honest and real about the way the radical and rebellious sort of lie to you. He likes this because he wants to stick up for walls and boundaries - there"s a reality and a necessity about walls. Roman god terminus - god of boundary. On the day of terminus, you"d set out a little treat on a wall in hopes of something gummy in return - this was a celebration of walls and boundaries. Modernism terrain can focus on the inside of someone"s persona (i. e. yellow wallpaper) Nature doesn"t like the walls or boundaries. Nature doesn"t like the wall - nature doesn"t think in boundaries. Human beings must have boundaries (children do not, but as they get older they need to have them)
