Posts Tagged ‘meaning’
Looking for Meaning in Music, Part II
In my previous post, I said that music is essentially a vehicle of meaning. Music communicates emotions, but can only communicate so many before something else is added. Adding Layers Adding words to a song makes it more specific. The sounds of music are like broad strokes on the canvas. Lyrics are the details. They [...]
Looking for Meaning in Music, Part I
Music as Language Music is powerful to us humans. We consume – no, devour – music for everything. We play it for celebrations, we use it for sorrow, we use it to vent, we play it to romance. Music at its core is a language. Compare it to a spoken/written language. Music has letters (notes), [...]
The Place of Art in the Church Part II
The purpose of all art in the Church is to glorify God. When the Church creates art, it is expressing what the soul wants to say to God. It is our expression of what God has revealed to us to be Truth (as in absolute Truth). This can be in a worship song of adoration, [...]
The Power of the Story
Consider this scene: A military man is riding home with his family on a train. His country is on the brink war, as its enemies stand ready at the gates. As the train rolls close to home, the enemy attacks, unprovoked. As the train arrives, the attacks come closer, as his home is close to [...]