public function attributes( $params = array() ) {

		// get the default attributes
		$default_attributes = $this->default_attributes();

		// parse the attributes with the default ones
		$attributes = wp_parse_args(
			$params,
			$default_attributes
		);

		/**
		 * Filters the default attributes for the block
		 *
		 * @param array  $attributes    The attributes
		 * @param object $this      The current object
		 */
		$attributes = apply_filters( 'tribe_block_attributes_defaults_' . $this->slug(), $attributes, $this );

		return $attributes;
	}