Recently the Pope said there is "a kinship between music and hope, between song and eternal life," and for this reason, "the Christian tradition represents the souls of the blessed in a choir." He also referred to the "spiritual values of musical art, called in a particular way to instill hope in the human spirit wounded by the earthly experience." He also thinks that new generations can find new inspiration by approaching the "universal value of the artistic patrimony," thus making it easier to build a society "open to the values of the spirit."
I think he has a great insight that we can learn from. It seems that a lot of music, and the arts in general, is composed for selfish reasons - because it pleases the artist or listener - instead of trying to uplift the listener and society in general. Maybe we need to step back and look at our arts in a renewed way.
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