Tag: aesthetics
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Practising the presence of us II
More about how to participate in worship when you have a special role to play. In an earlier post, Practising the presence of us, we looked at distractions and anxieties that prevent you from attending to what’s going on throughout the service. But what about when carrying out your role physically prevents you from participating…
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At the centre: beauty and celebration
A fellow student once turned to me and said, “I spend all day in the practice room by myself. I am completely self-centred. What good am I to anyone else?” It is a question worth asking about music – what good am I to anyone else? Is the beautiful useful, even necessary, or merely a…