Perhaps the most amazing aspect of music to me is its ability to transcend language, time, and faith. For instance, personally in music I see God. I see his power, his beauty, his grace and his truth. It breathes life into me when I am weak, it meets me wherever I am. Which is just very cool.
To illustrate why I find music so profound, I have attached an article written by Nick Hornby. It pretty much sums up why I find music so powerful. Start by playing this video, its the best version of the recording of "One Man Guy" I could find on YouTube. The actual video is irrelevant, so just start it and read on. I hope you enjoy it.
"One Man Guy"
And here is the article:
Nick Hornby, a self professed atheist, listens to a Rufus Wainwright song and he begins to question his belief in God not existing - awesome. To me that is the coolest thing I have ever heard. It is just too awesome. Now that is something that is truly beautiful in my mind.
Amen, beautiful.
ReplyDelete"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music." -Kurt Vonnegut
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