Am curious how many people without a belief in god tend to lean to aspects of music/art and creativity in general
I don't think belief, or non-belief has anything to do with it.
Remember, some of the best art, and music in history were from believers.
I agree. But as time has gone on the people that are musicians and also very religious tend to only write about religion. At least that’s what I have seen in my own experiences. Also I think that nowadays creative people tend to lean twords not having a belief system. I used to be part of a church that would have secular music burnings in an attemp to only keep physical copies of music that was Christian. You would find everything under the sun in these boxes of cds. It was horrifying.
Lots of good work on display in your profile pics.
@Sgt_Spanky Thank you!
I own several guitars, and sometimes pretend to play
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@GrungeGirl90s I love using silk wound strings, and they just die so quickly. So little time, and I'm pretty sure I need to grow an additional finger to take the next evolutionary step in my playing.
@stinklizard No kidding. That's why I love open chords, Barr chords, and kapos! LOL!
I play piano. Check you my YouTube www.youtube.com/user/gokulsthev
Guitar, banjo, dulcimer, piano, flute, sax. Ex folksinger from late 1950s through '60s. Songwriter/composer/arranger. Author and playwright/screenwriter. Advertising copywriter. Tech writer.
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I think you are on the wrong track if you are trying to find out if atheists are more artistic than believers. I can’t see how there could ever be a correlation between artistic talent/ability and a belief/non belief in god.
Illustrator, graphic designer, novelist and good at all three. Sounds like I should be a millionaire, don't it?
I'm not.
I am creative but would not classify myself either of the two choices. I personally believe those who dabble in the arts do so out of fulfilment of a need to either create something or fill a void. Never thought about it having to do with or without a belief system, something to think about.
I play bass in a band and I sometimes write poetry.
God doesn’t really have anything to do with creativity I don’t think!
I disagree. I think that creative people nowadays tend to not have a belief system. It’s judt something I personally have observed. But I’m sure it’s different from other people’s perspectives.
@drovertone that’s what I mean. One doesn’t need god to be creative
I'm a singer too but not professional..I do write lyrics though..I put more art out there as well as writing...compared to music..
I have a first in Fine and Applied art and was 'artist in residence' in my borough in the' year of the artist' I don't do so much these days but I rather think that the training involved sticks to everything within you. Without realising it, it juts gets internalised as part of the self and you don't even notice the art process. as someoen said 'L'art c'est moi!'
I dabble in a good bit of artistic stuff. I'm predominantly a musician but I draw from time to time as well.