During my time as a homeschooled Jr. high student, I remember curling up with my art textbook, a small tome that contained examples of the majesty of human creativity, along with some thought provoking questions and commentary.
So, if you were to ask me about Divisionism during that time I would have parroted back what it was, the separation of pigment applied as individual dots or strokes. Basically your eye does the work of combining the individual colors as you take in the whole.
That said, for the past many years, I have been seeing a different kind of Divisionism metastasize, one that is all about separating by color, but without a unifying focus on a beautiful, united tapestry as a whole.
Instead of zooming in and appreciating that one magnificent, unique bit of color that works with the whole conglomeration to make up the painting, we seem to be focusing on isolating the pigments from each other.
I love people. Each one of them is a glorious unique entity who's capable of being a wonderful member of the tapestry that is humanity. But I gotta tell ya, I absolutely despise Divisionists.
And by Divisionists I mean all these agents of discord and enmity who are actively stoking the fires of disunity among us all. Yes, there are some ideas that are better than others, and absolutely there are some behaviors that are better than others, but you know what, there are not colors that are better than others. Period. They are all amazing!
If a behavior or ideology is harmful, how is perpetuating it just? Discussion is awesome, outright Divisionist propaganda not so much.
Lest you think I am talking about trying to attain some hippy dippy world of perpetual hand holding, I am not. Disagreement, debate, and dissent are marvelous things too. Nope, I am talking about the rise of separating us by pigment, label, and behavior. Are we all supposed to be content when we are properly corralled and never faced with anything that isn't of the same persuasion as us? What a freaking boring world that would be.
Three years ago our family hosted my husband's Xbox gamer friends on our farm. All of them grew up in large inner-cities. They were about as different from us in every possible way as a person could be demographically.
But you know what, community magic happened over those three days as we all hung out together on our farm. I baked them all manner of things, took them on hikes, had the most amazing shooting range extravaganza, made them feel comfortable, loved, and respected because that's what you should do dangit, offer the finest hospitality to those who cross your doorstep.
One night as we all sat around a fire sipping on samples of one the friend's amazing whiskey collection from around the world, I remember feeling the opposite of division, I felt connection. As our friends danced on a plywood dance floor we had made next to the fire, another roasted a huge rack of ribs on the spit, yet another was regaling our children with what life was like growing up in East LA while my kids and others told her equally wild tales of growing up in the wilderness. We were a gathering of all the pigments, socio-economic statuses, and genders, it was amazing.
And you know what wasn't present at all, in any form? Division.
In Canada, we used to call a healthy multi-culturalism a mosaic. Now it is all blame, shaming, and rage. Nothing but red and in the art work too, while they scream it is a rainbow. They divide us not just into skin hues and religion, but also left and right, what we eat, and whether or not we took a certain medical intervention. Dividing lifelong friendships and family without hesitation.
Outrageous lies about every day people being told by the governments and corporately controlled media should they challenge narrative. Paid charity workers supporting billionaire foundations that shelter tax dollars and sell influence, siphon money from the cause. Foundations that Literally circumvent democracy.
Divisionism is an insidious practice and those that practice it the most believe themselves just and kind; and those they divide lacking in empathy and intelligence.
It is strange world. All we who see the machination can do is indeed be kind and remain steadfast in truth, until the children and naive wake up to see that the tapestry/mosaic of humanity is being torn apart so the elite can hoard the thread and sell the scraps. The division the string pullers behind all this woke noise are after is between trouser and pocket; so the already outrageously wealthy can pick the pocket of the working and middle classes. It is about stealing land.
The good news ... after all my ranting ... is people are indeed standing up and speaking out. We may only have shelter with a tapestry, but the scavengers and opportunists hide behind nothing but a veil and that veil is in shreds.
It is because of steadfast folk like you that the veil is failing, and I have seen some signs of dissent and courage, which makes me feel all the encouraged feels.
It is a strange world indeed, but I am happy to be in it with cool peeps like you Pryde😊
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Your are always cool:)
Perhaps I am a bit jaded, but I say follow the money. Seems to me often those that like to spark and maintain division have a financial gain involved keeping it going.
Well, that means I am jaded too then, because I feel like those money hungry dragons seem to get their jollies off by stoking dissension. If we are all squabbling they get to steer the ship.
Insert mutiny joke here😁
Hope you are having a beyond swell week OGP!
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Thank you so much!!!
Well said. I !Luv all lifeforms, including humans but some I don't like. !lol
I wonder if one was able to capture the thoughts of people who stay on the sideline on controversial issues, would they be part of the Divisionists demographic?
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Thanks so much! And I hear you on the not liking of some, it's a struggle for me sometimes to despise just their behavior and not them lol!
Oooh, you captured my attention with that last thought of yours. Cowardice for the sake of conformity/safety if it contributes to division is definitely a theme I need to spend some time thinking about. There's honestly so much that I don't know, but I love to hear about other's thoughts on things, and as a person who has gone along to get along more than a bit in my life, let's just say that I have a lot of catching up to do in this area.
Thanks so much for stopping by!!
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Very well-put. I totally agree!
There is only one thing worse than a divisionist: a person who sews division through the lens of unity. My foul-mouthed alter-ego has things to say about those people.
Ooh, I enjoy the alter-ego very much! And Kaja, there's so much to ponder! I will get back to you after I absorb it all...
That said, unification divisionist seamstresses are truly horrifying!
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Excellent post! Best rebuttal I’ve seen. Love the gamers story!
Aww, thanks my friend, your reply made my evening😊
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