Author Topic: "The Plot against Art" (Read 1821 times)

gladius_veritatis · « **on:** August 31, 2010, 08:08:26 PM »

Part I: http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/authors/Darkmoon-ArtI.html

Part II: http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/authors/Darkmoon-ArtII.html

Elizabeth · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2010, 08:25:57 PM »

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gladius_veritatis · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2010, 08:36:01 PM »

Indeed. The author, a lady of 32, has produced some truly excellent pieces. Let us hope she finds the time to produce more in the future.

innocenza · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2010, 11:55:48 PM »

Well, as someone with NO credentials. I always said, modern art is a hoax and modern ('art') music is trash.

The lady's essay was prima! Wonder if it has had enough circulation, that she is getting any death threats yet? The site looks as though it should be quite worthwhile.

My two cents' worth of anecdotal support for the reality described in the essay:

My spouse was an amateur musician who played in community orchestras. On one such occasion, he was seated near two (ugly) male Jєωs, one orthodox and the other secular, as the group was about to begin playing a Bach work. The one said to the other, "When the revolution comes, we're going to get rid of Bach!" To which his friend responded, "Can't happen soon enough to suit me!"

I subsequently related this story to two (dumb) gentiles, one secular and one 'Christian'. Neither of them saw any significance in it. The 'Christian' asked me, "Was Bach anti-Semitic?"

Dulcamara · « **Reply #4 on:** September 01, 2010, 10:35:38 PM »

Well, the greatest plot of all against true art is the one that started with Lucifer's infamous "I will not serve!"

It's been the sad plight of mankind ever since to be tempted to (try in vain to) overthrow God, God's law, and everything godly (all goodness, order, virtue, etc.) in every realm of human life, the idea being that as many people as possible go join that first revolutionary where he is now and forever will be.

The arts are no different. Mankind, wanting and trying in vain to overthrow God, God's law, and everything godly, have tried to recreate art (a gift of God given only BY God) in the image and likeness of sinful man, if not the devil himself. Having boldly declared art to be, not a divine gift, but something man gives to himself ("learning" it) or gives to one another (as in college), he proceeds to bring it so low it is no longer even a shadow of that which it was meant to destroy (real art).

If I've said it a thousand times, I'd say it a thousand more... If you want to be a good artist (assuming you actually DID get some talent from God, so that there's any point to your trying), then be a saint. People might think that's a totally unrelated thing to bring up, but really... when it comes down to it, all that God created was created for His will and glory. If you're failing at that, you're failing as an artist. (And as a human being, for that matter.) And in order to succeed in it... REALLY succeed... the more you need to know the Author of your talents, so that you may know His example of your craft, His perfect good traits you hope to have present in your work (order, beauty, etc.), and to avoid poisoning your work with your own corruption and sins and vices, the chiefs of which are most often pride and impurity. To be a saint would be to understand as perfectly as possible the proper use of your talents, to be painstakingly careful in using them, and to be able to use them without simply mass-murdering minds and souls by the publication of your work. If an artist wants to get to heaven, they had best have every intention of starting toward perfection now!