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NoeticJuice

I can see what you wrote being true. I wouldn't like it if someone tried to force-feed me a message.

often leads to more energy put into the message than the art-making part.

If a person separates message and art in their mind, seeing art as just a decoration for the message, then this is likely to happen. But art doesn't have to be just decoration; it can be a way to allow another person to experience the message/meaning instead of just being told it.

If an artist views message/meaning and art as inseparable, then both will naturally develop together.

LetTheRedeemed

@BlooDrinker420 this is an old comment but, how the hell do you listen to Mozart’s Laudete and not feel extreme peace, tranquility, or a divine pleasure?

I’m no classical snob, but if you can’t enjoy that, it’s kinda like pop music did to human musical pleasure, what porn did to sex!

LetTheRedeemed

@NoeticJuice and that’s the great artist’s tension, isn’t it. What creates a true masterpiece — how can we transliterate what’s in our head into the thing that changes the world.

It plagues the artist: “how do i make that thing that I can see perfectly in my brain???”

NoeticJuice

@LetTheRedeemed said in Songs you like:

It plagues the artist: “how do i make that thing that I can see perfectly in my brain???”

I'm not a great artist, not yet anyway--I've only written 3 poems, drawn relatively little, and I've yet to make any music--but it doesn't plague me. As I continue to make art with intent and awareness, I'll get better at making art.

Thinking about it too much is likely harmful--it strangles, suffocates the flow.