Where will this artwork go in 200 years?

Published about 1 month ago • 1 min read

Matt Taylor

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John Coltrane

John Coltrane's 1965, A Love Supreme, is regarded as one of the best jazz albums ever recorded. But what fueled the beauty behind such a famous piece? In the intro notes, he writes parts of his testimony and included the following:

"DEAR LISTENER: ALL PRAISE BE TO GOD TO WHOM ALL PRAISE IS DUE. Let us pursue Him in the righteous path. Yes it is true; 'seek and ye shall find.' Only through Him can we know the most wondrous bequeathal. During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life. At that time, in gratitude, I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music."

Read the rest of the liner notes here.

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Hidden Servants

...The arts serve as a hidden, yet pervasive, servants.

Consider the impact of Martin Luther’s songwriting. After almost 500 years, the global church still sings his hymns around the world. Most who sing them have never read his books. How many more sing not even knowing who he is?

The allusive material of art works over time in the shadows long after an artist has died. Museum are a living testimony to this.

Van Gogh barely sold any paintings during his lifetime.

Bach’s music took 100 years to gain popularity.

In a certain sense, we remain “alive” through the artifacts we put into the world after our deaths...

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A thought from me on getting your work out there:

It is a tragedy when birth rates decline. Declining birth rates inevitably cause a society's population to collapse. It is equally tragic when we cease multiplying our ideas and artifacts. When we hoard them and go to the grave with them, so culture dies.

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