Saturday, January 26, 2019

Aesthetics and the Christian Musician—part 1


Aesthetics and the Christian Musician—part 1
          Aesthetics is that area of philosophy that considers the perception of the beautiful as distinguished from the moral of the useful except in the case of the decorative arts that are both beautiful and useful.  Christian musicians often wonder just where Christocentric music philosophy fits in to a Christian aesthetic.  One thing is sure, God is interested in beauty.  We know that He is since His creation is not only useful but also very, very beautiful. 
          As always, the Christian is concerned with where to start when building a philosophy of artistic beauty.  One thing we know, that in the beginning God created everything that is beautiful.  Since music was a part of His creation, we know from the Genesis record that the beauty that God created was very good so therefore His creation of beauty was exceedingly beautiful. 

Thought for the Day
God intended for us to enjoy the beautiful.  Therefore, there is no conflict between beauty and worshiping God as long as beautiful art forms are not worshiped.


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