Could Music and Art Help Change the World?

Could Music and Art Help Change the World?

Jun 24, '08 2:34 PM by Cal for everyone

Music can make people laugh and cry. Music can inspire and provoke. Music has even been used in the military for centuries to spur people on into battle. Remember the battle of Jericho?

Lately, funding for education in music and the arts has been cut severely. If it's not something "left brained," the government and people don't want to fund it. It's not productive, they say... yet, they use it to pass subliminal messages and improve your mood when you're shopping. Aren't musicians and artists worth compensation for the things they provide not only to business, but to the joy in our daily lives?

People seem to put far too little value in music and art these days. They don't seem to understand the relevance to the human spirit that they have... though they do use both music and art if they think it'll help 'em make a buck when they're pitching something to you on television in a commercial. Music became all but dead when Rap hit... especially "Gangsta Rap." It was mostly bad, abusive writing set to a beat. Very little melody involved.

If music and art were used for good, could it change the world? It seemed to help make a change in the attitudes toward Viet Nam War with Woodstock. Since the whole world seems to be at war now, wouldn't a WORLDstock be appropriate? I like to think so, but I have to admit to being a little attached to this issue. After all:

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Is Global Warming Real?

Is Global Warming Real?

Some people are stating that Global Warming is made up by liberals who want to push their own agenda. They say it's just a naturally recurring cycle and there is no such thing as man-made global warming. What does the government site NOAA have to say about it? (This service is used by the refineries and chemical plants, by the way.) Click the link below to find out.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Climatic Data Center

Corporations aren't ignorant of this fact. They use NOAA constantly to plan their shipping and prepare for storms. The AMOCO Texas City plant (Now BP) had a direct connection to NOAA in their lab. Weather forecasting has fascinated me since I was about eleven and read a book on it, so I checked it out when I would go to visit her on my way to the gate from work. You can see that since the 1980s, when the first Bush took office, the numbers have increased steadily and significantly. Here's a link to a report from the Union of Concerned Scientists.



Whether or not global warming is a lie, pollution of the waters is not. Refineries and chemical plants are dumping so much chemical waste into the waters that the fish and other seafood anywhere near them has become unsafe to eat. They are dumping particulates and waste chemicals into the air constantly. They constantly produce waste material that there is no legal way of disposing of, so they hire companies like BFI and pay them well to illegally dump it. The air in cities which house these refineries is documented to be carcinogenic because of the chemicals that are sprayed into the air.

At the same time these corporations are posting record profits, they're cutting their employee's benefits and reducing salaries any way they can. This is irresponsible behavior all around. If you take a dump where you eat, sooner or later it's going to come back and bite you in the behind.

Love, Hope, Peace, & Christ Is With Us All,

Cal-el