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"Is the Holy Spirit in your music?"

Thu Jun 18, 2009, 5:14 PM
As I'm sure none of you know, I'm a member on Christian Songwriter's Network. I have my own little reputation there for going against the grain, which is no surprise when you consider that most of my songs (not so much the ones I upload on here, but you can see it in my poetry) are thematically focused on depression, angst and all forms of abuse (eg substance, neglect, sexual, verbal, physical). I've even been known to make such wild claims as:

- Whether homosexuality is a sin or not, it's not our job to hate homosexuals;

and
- Actually, I live outside of America, and I'm affected by climate change as well. Odds are, contrary to what you all seem to think, it wasn't invented by terrorists to destroy the American way of life.

Anyway, this morning a read a thread titled: "Is the Holy Spirit in your music?" This is an issue that's always had me wondering, because a lot of my songs don't feel like I wrote them. I've often just started hearing music in my head and started scribing, which seems to me as if a spirit is trying to communicate with me in some way, or give this song to me, or whatever. There's actually been a couple times where I've been in a transe state, and have heard the music in my head as if it were playing to me on CD in perfect quality surround sound. I think a song I wrote once called "Black Today" is uploaded on here somewhere, and I know that song came to me like that.

For the record, I don't use any min-altering substances for inspiration. I barely even touch prescription drugs when I'm sick. I've never used illegal drugs, have quit drinking and, long before I quit drinking, I worked out on my own that alcohol doesn't inspire creativity in me. It just makes me swear a lot.

Anyway, whether the songs I write are all my own work, or they come from elsewhere, I don't know. If they do come from elsewhere, I don't know if they're coming from somewhere good or somewhere bad. This paragraph feels like it should be leading towards a "but," but it isn't, other than the but that there is no but.

Now I'd like to give you the answer I gave on CSN.

"Most of the songs I write are on a What Not To Do basis. On the surface they often appear pessimistic and often amoral or even immoral. But the idea is that you're supposed to see that it's wrong and not adhere to the content. Is that of the spirit or is it completely opposing the spirit? I don't know. But it's where my creative energy takes me. While I feel spiritual filling when I go to church or speak to my pastor to learn more about God, usually when I try to write songs that have an obviously good message (rather than songs where any good message is hidden in the fineprint), the song always feels empty to me, like I'm writing for no purpose and the words are all meaningless forced rhymes.

Complicated, much?"

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Jocks think I'm a nerd. Nerds think I'm a jock. Personally, I'd rather be known for my 17 pages of answers to questions about the anatomy and physiology of the knee, than for lugging around massive weights in the gym....although I do like the bragging right.

I believe people are idiots. Especially people who aren't me. But especially people who are.

If you ignore the fact that we do exist, the scientific chances of us existing are about the same as the scientific chances of two nuclear missiles turning into a sperm whale and a bowl of flora. You know I'm right, because my nerd glasses tell you I'm right.

I enjoy supernatural stories that do not involve vampires. Did you know that mythical dwarves weren't originally short?

OH! You want to know about me as an artist?! Well...alright....

When it comes to art, what I like to do more than anything is take something inappropriate (because I'm either not supposed to think it or I'm not supposed to talk about it) and put it in the spotlight. So, it should be expected that the majority of my works would generally reak of sin, even though I'm a Christian. Back in the day, I remember a woman saw some of my drawings and announced that I was going to Hell for drawing that. But she should know better - after all, only good people go to Hell. Bad people go to Heaven.

I don't like canned meat.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: A House on a Hill.
  • Interests: My Superman glow-pen.
  • Favourite movie: V For Vendetta
  • Favourite band or musician: Aaron Lewis, Corey Taylor, Kurt Cobain, Nobuo Uematsu, Shaun Welgemoed, Silverchair
  • Favourite genre of music: post-grunge, metal, acoustic, experimental
  • Favourite artist: I find it hard not to appreciate art.
  • Favourite poet or writer: Mick Wust.
  • Favourite photographer: Bec Smith.
  • Operating System: Oldschool.
  • MP3 player of choice: Sony Walkman, anyday. I have a Samsung at the moment. It's just not the same.
  • Shell of choice: I choose the Dome Fossil [Kabuto]
  • Wallpaper of choice: Probably a stolen one.
  • Skin of choice: Mine. On my body.
  • Favourite game: Pokemon. Destroy All Humans!! Guitar Hero
  • Favourite cartoon character: Rocko, followed by Spongebob.
  • Personal Quote: I'm not really that short, I'm just standing further away!
  • Tools of the Trade: Pen. Paper. Dodgey old computer. Guitar.

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And a double thank you for :+fav:ing 'Omen of Variable Luck' too! :D

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The Last Dragons. It truly is very appreciated! :cuddle:
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