What is Modernism. I think its a studied, measured, and disciplined rebellion. To me it means more than an architectural style, or break from the past, or culture; its the basic tendency in any conscious breathing human thinker of any time/era to question the status quo. Thus, if you question the way American children learn in schools, you are a modernist. If you question about the way the modern man lives, you are a modernist. If you question, the very act of questioning, about anything, in any setting, you are a modernist.
To me, modernism is the audacity and the will to question. Thus Prince Siddharta is a modernist when he questioned the human condition, a long time ago. A nurse, or one who practices nursing is a modernist if he/she question the way the modern society approach "healthcare".
Its much easier to go with the flow than to be a modernist, I would caution, but the good of overcoming the gravity of conventionalism can .........well, bring man to the moon and beyond!
But regardless of the outcome of being a modernist, I propose this humble question, can a human be principled in a chaotic world without the will to question?
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