Term Postmodernism

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Well, I'm sort of finishing up my earlier letter. Long-winded today, I
guess.

I agree that the term "Postmodernism" is oxymoronic. It seems to validate
the hubris of the "Modernist" artists who saw their art as the apex, the
culmination of art -- with all other forms of art being of poorer quality,
etc. And that certainly is not the intent of pomo theorists. Maybe in a
hundred years or so, "Modern Art" will be called something else and "Postmodern
Art" something else as well -- if for no other reason than people will tire of
referring to "popopopopomo." Yipes!

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