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Title
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The Meaning of Music
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Description
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This chapter from the student-written book “Emerging Perspectives on Religion and Environmental Values in America” explores how music and the arts can help connect you with the environment and your spirituality. The author discusses his personal relationship with music and how it has impacted his spirituality and connection to the world around him. Below is the first paragraph of the chapter to introduce the discussion.
"From a young age there have only been a few constant presences in my life: school, sports, and music. The importance of school was instilled in me at a very young age, and while I hope to graduate one day and make a career out of something I love, the reality is that school is more of a job than it is an interest. What about sports? I have participated in and watched sporting events all of my life, however, now that I am no longer playing in officially organized sports, the love for them has shifted more to spectating rather than participating. So what is left, music? Music is weird, where all other things have seemingly lost some significance or taken on more serious responsibility, music is just as interesting now as it was when I was younger. Having become far more interested in self-evaluation and exploration as of late, I have taken a serious interest in attempting to understand why music has not only remained important in my life but is actually becoming more and more so. Music has been around for roughly fifty thousand years, so it is no wonder that it has become almost a universal language of the world."
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Date Created
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05/17/2021
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Creator(s)
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Logan Williams
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Audience
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All audiences/General public
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Rights
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This photo and text were accessed on 06/07/2023 at https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/enr3470studentbook/chapter/the-meaning-of-music-2/.
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Issues
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Mindfulness and Simplicity
