Writers Beliefs

I do believe that the writer does not believe in everything that he/she writes. Some of the time they write to reflect a certain aspect of one the the characters. But on the flip side some of the time they do express their thoughts and beliefs through the characters as well. It is really hard to judge because we do not know the writers themselves, and we do not know what their like. Cuz alot of the time some of the things they are deliberatley a taboo just to stir the pot a little. So overall i dont think anyone can really tell whether or not the writers believe it is what they're writing.

What's Art?

Who defines what art is? Who is to say what is art and what is not? When it comes to art, you make the desicion. You decide whether or not sumthing is art. You don't have to a victim of conformity and just agree sumthing is art because everyone else says so. Just cuz ppl say a piece of garbage is art doesnt mean it is. You have to be an individual and decide for yourself what is it. Though it is true that "great art" is generally agreed upon by many as being brilliant. Not everything agreed upon is art, you have to make that distinction for yourself. You have to tolerant to what others consider art tho, just cuz you think its crap, doesnt mean we should judge those who like it.

Disorder

The man in Simon Ortiz's "Travelling" is an example of the celebration of disorder which is attributed to postmodernism. This disorder is shown when Ortoz writes, "He writes their names on a letter pad, hurries to another source, asks the librarian for another book but it is out and he looks hurt and then he rushes back to the globe." Obviously this guy is a little looney. I mean he asks for a book, gets heartbroken, then scurries back over to the globe. Thats a little weird, there must be a little chaos and disorder going on up in his noggin. The second example of disorder is the places that are mentioned in the piece. Some make a little sense why they're mentioned together because they were locales during WWII. But some are just plain random, like Antarctica, and Alcapulco...those just dont make any sense to why they are together with the rest of the places.