I think the reason that so many people connect emotionally to two elements in their lives: music and liturgy (or ‘church’) is that those two practices make us exposed, naked and vulnerable, though safe in the context of the congregation.
My music tears me open at the seams, and shows everything I’ve got! That’s also why it’s intensely emotional for me to take praise and criticism both — this is the filet of my soul waiting for the spices of judgment!
I think youth connect better than any of us to things like music and faith, but we don’t trust them to think for themselves, so we often closet the doors they discover. I had many doors closed, as a child — in school, in church, all over… Luckily, I had parents and art/music teachers that taught me to look out the window when the door was closed!…
And even so, I didn’t feel comfortable stepping into the shoes of an artist until I was halfway through with college — it’s an exposed, difficult path (with little monetary reward:)…
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