Modernism

After romanticism and realism, a new branch sprout during the 20th century. They, unlike realists, believe in heroes. And yet, unlike romanticist, they reject ideal ones. They only believe in those flawed heroes that shows their true grace under harsh circumstances or pressure. The most distinct characteristic of modernism is the rejection of ideals resulting from the loss of faith in the American Dream. Some famous artist in this belief are Picasso. He drew disfigured humans like both eyes on one side of the face. This belief works more to how the mind works toward simple things than to the actual subject matter. For literature, there is this new disjoint timeline where story follows a random pattern, much like how one recalls an event. For most cases, the works of this belief does not appeal to our normal senses on the first sight. These works tend to confuse us and only and truly show their meaning after some deep long thought. The central idea of this modernism is individual expression. Government, society are all seen as oppressive stuff against expression. In my opinion, this is just another form of realism, or ultra-realism. Something that is beyond natural yet try to show the optimist and despair of the world.