Yayyyy! I am not the first to publish a theory of "joyism". Perhaps my discovery of joyism is one of those creations that happen simultaneously across the planet in diverse, unlinked populations. (what's the term for that, anybody?)
Dax Moi, I just discovered your page on The Magic Hundred, a social neworking site. And you proposed in your blog that "Joyist" be an entry in the dictionary. It will, my friend, it will. As more of us pick up on this antitheses of terrorism, Joyism, the term will build as a compelling, encouraging way to create social shifts based on experiencing JOY.
So what is a Joyist? A joyist is a person who engages in acts of joy, in order to spread joy in a population and create shifts in focus, shifts in activity, shifts in perception, and increase in choice.
A joyist can act in a small scale or large scale way, for example facilitating a joyful experience for another person, or by creating an act of mass joy.
There is a huge opportunity, folks. Joyism as a way of bringing about shifts has no language. It is based on acts of love. Love is abstract and prone to misappropriation for religious or political agendas, and so creates cyclical, pointless dicussion. Joy is an experience all humans share and all humans want.
What would it be to redefine our world on joyist principles and methods? But what are those, exactly? Hmmmm.
Let's create them from scratch, using the principle that there's nothing new under the sun. A great place to start will be to ask some questions.
Here are some that come to my mind:
"What can terrorists teach us and how do we 180-degree the doctrines into a Joyist way"?
"What is the human experience of Joy, behaviours, physiology, belifs, impacts, so that we may know when joy is present?" i.e. so that we know when we are increasing joy and have a feedback structure.
"What is the opposite of Joy and the human experience of that?" for similar reasons to the question before.
"What would be joyist ways of creating mass shift?"
That's all for now.
P
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- Phil Durnford
- I am a co-creative, entrepreneurial, design thinker who loves company, a big wall, brown paper and lots of white board markers.
1 comment:
Well, I'd say that dancers in general must fall into the category of Joyists. What activity is more joyful than dancing? Making music is the first answer to come to mind, and since music is the time in which the dance exists, dancing and music and therefore dancers and musicians certainly have the potential to be Joyists. Not just for themselves in the act of playing music or dancing, but with the potential to bring joy to whatever audience might be in attendance.
I state, therefore, that as a Joyist, dancer and musician, all dancers and musicians have the power to elevate mood, but also the power to crush it... so wield your power joyfully, please!
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