Postmodernism For This Beginner

I hope I am not alone when I say that I never fully caught on to the meaning of postmodernism, or what a postmodernist's ideals really are. I know we only skimmed the surface of the what postmodernism really is in class, but I did not always understand even the beginners' information. I found another person who felt the same way I do about postmodernism, and the book Postmodernism for Beginners on a postmodernism blog that I read. This blogger stated, "I am by no means going to pretend to understand Postmodernism. Nor will I pretend to understand the tenets of most of the individuals associated with Postmodern thought. But this book seems like a good summary. I respect the fact that it unashamedly attempts to plainly state ideas that generally scurry behind grammatical obfuscation." I agree with what this blogger stated. The book we read did try to explain postmodernism in simpler terms than many other books can describe. The Compact Oxford English Dictionary refers to postmodernism as "a style and concept in the arts characterized by distrust of theories and ideologies and by the drawing of attention to conventions." This is mostly how I understand postmodernism, especially the distrust of theories and ideologies part. What I think the central part of postmodernism is is the theory of narratives and the truth of lies. The part that appeals to me the most is the idea that religions are only narratives that people choose to believe in in order to have some meaning or direction in life. I don't completely understand what we learned about postmodernism, but from what I have been able to comprehend, the central part to me would be the idea of narratives and meta-narratives since they are rooted everywhere, in every culture throughout history. I hope I'm right >.