Balancing attonism and Jes Grew in 2018
After reading different blog posts, I wanted to combine some ideas and add in my own of attonism and Jes Grew today.
Throughout the centuries, Jes Grew and attonism have taken different forms, as we see in Mumbo Jumbo. We see Jes Grew in theology, mythology, and musical forms and dance such as jazz, ragtime, and even hip hop and rap. We see attonism in science, math, philosophy, and more traditional musical forms and dance such as classical music and ballet. There are tons more of examples too of how attonism and Jes Grew take shape in our lives and in the past. But the conflict I saw between Jes Grew and attonism, taking out the racial conflict and applying the idea more generally, is that of mind vs. heart.
In the sciences and math, attonism is in the focus on our intellect and ability to prove something right for ourselves, strengthening our minds and focusing more on material knowledge and thinking. In the arts, its in the romanticist paintings, or the constant rhythm and calm tempo under the orchestra playing, or the consistent, repetitive, graceful movements in ballet. Attonism is all about the mind and logic behind things, and finding that constant tempo in our lives to be "civilized" and "sophisticated" and "learned". Emphasis leans more towards thinking, not necessarily emotion or faith. If we see Jes Grew in a more general context across the world in different cultures, not just in the African or African American context, it also roams around in our lives. Things like slam poetry, hip hop, abstract art (depends), and cultural practices and faith can play into Jes Grew. If we go by the heart vs. mind idea, then we can see the conflict of Jes Grew and attonism in so many areas.
However, I would argue that today's world focuses more on attonism that Jes Grew. We can see this through the whole notion of school. We go to school for years, and then try to find jobs based on what we were taught in our generally more attonist-focused schools. We boil down to GPAs and income. Usually, someone is considered "smarter" when they are doing well in math, physics, chemistry, and biology, putting the emphasis on attonist values. I think that in today's world, someone would have to go out of there way a bit to tap into their Jes Grew side and see the world through a different lens.
How do you guys think we should balance attonism and Jes Grew in today's world? Or do we need to balance them at all?
Also, feel free to clarify or correct me on my interpretations of Jes Grew and attonism. My definitions may be stretched a bit.
Interesting post!! It's interesting to think about the ways in which modern Atonism (removed from white supremacy in this interpretation) can add to the world. I wrote in my blogpost about how I thought Atonism in Reed's text specifically means being anti-Jes Grew, which is a little different from your interpretation: science doesn't necessarily have to be against the arts, the mind doesn't necessarily have to be against the heart. I think if we try to remove the racial aspect of it, the concept of Atonism/Jes Grew changes a lot. I think we should balance Atonism and Jes Grew where Atonism attempts to destroy Jes Grew (meaning, to deconstruct notions of what it means to be smart or successful, or civilized, or what is valid art or thinking). In other words, taking a more postmodern view on the world allows us to see the perspectives of both the mind and the heart, and maybe the ear, leg, and eyelash too. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a really interesting analysis. It is really weird to see how atonism plays into our daily school lives with what we are studying and what teachers put emphasis on. I totally agree that when a student is really good at math and science, they are considered smart and logical. When someone is good and arts and humanities they are described as having a talent, but this talent isn't especially emphasized as intelligent or hard-working, it is just luck that they have it. This emphasis on the logical and academic aspects of school shows many aspects of agonist thought.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great post! I didn't really fully understand the Atonist v.s Jes Grew idea until now. I definitely think I agree with your points about Atonism in daily life today. Another factor I noticed was that the aspects of Jes Grew that we pointed out specifically like jazz or rap or hip hop are being integrated into the Atonist society so that society has more control over them and they stop being so radical; so JG.
ReplyDeleteI liked this post a lot. It made me think about how I interact with attonist vs jes grew ideas in my daily life, and it makes me realize how much of our society is structured around attonism and attonist ideas. I liked how you said that it was a mind vs heart thing, because I feel like that's what it boils down to. Where attonism tries to understand what we are, where we are, why we are, what is around us, how to organize our world into different logical categories like language and space and time and history, just like our brains, jes grew just is, and that's enough, just like our hearts/feelings.
ReplyDeleteCool post! I hadn't really thought about modern day atonism much until now. I think there should be very little holding back of culture, unless that culture is killing another vibrant culture. Because sometimes you want to preserve a heritage or tradition but it can be ruined by new culture. It's hard to explain, but I think atonism shouldnt really still exist in full form.
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