JIGSAW GENS
Unimpressionists — A Legacy of Self-Actualization & Dissent
The Unimpressionists (“Rough Cuts” or “Stabilizers”) forged a no-nonsense approach to a new American identity
To promote intergenerational literacy, the first phase of my “Jigsaw Gens” project offered glimpses at the eight main American generations in modern history: Hemingrebels, GI-Gens, Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, GenXers, Millennials, Zoomers, and Alphas.
Prior to the Hemingrebels, there have been five pre-1884 generations I’ve additionally identified and described: Missionaries, Stowegressives, Golden Renegades, Redeemers, and Transcendentals.
So who came before the Transcendentals?
It’s a cohort of Americans from the newly-liberated United States whom I dub the “Unimpressionists.”
Who They Are
Unimpressionists were born approximately between 1781 to 1793 — give or take a few years on either end. They inhabit a younger tier of “the Compromise Generation” that’s been designated by historians William Strauss and Neil Howe, symbolizing the “artist” archetype. This generation was the first one born once the Revolutionary War had ended, in the short-term aftermath of America’s Declaration…
