Is ART pro-life

[adam&eve]

When listening to a beautiful piece of music, or a beautiful voice... hearing wonderfully thought-throug lyrics... when seeing all the great heights a man can achieve... would you call that pro-life, something worth living? A proof life is worth?

 

[Wakawaka]

i listen and think about how i'll never have that, so not for me

 

[WornOutLife]

I enjoy that stuff but I don't think that makes me a pro-lifer at all.
I could listen to the happiest song of the world and still be suicidal lol

 

[Wisdom3_1-9]

Music was my reason for living.
Now that the music is gone from my life, I have nothing keeping me here.

 

[tea on clouds]

Music is the reason I live for. The power of music goes beyond this reality.

 

[OnlyTheWind]

I mostly listen to depressing or angsty music. Can't stand anything positive because in the end it just promotes being human, which is something that disgusts me.

 

[tea on clouds]

I mostly listen to depressing or angsty music. Can't stand anything positive because in the end it just promotes being human, which is something that disgusts me.

what makes you disgust human race?

 

[OnlyTheWind]

what makes you disgust human race?

Humans think too highly of themselves when in reality everything is meaningless. They have also directly contributed to my suffering, which has pushed me to want to ctb.

 

[tra]

I love taking walks, going to museums and generally cherishing the small things in life. However, unfortunately the moments of despair greatly outweigh the moments of pleasure. Life has pleasure and pain, death has neither. Suicide is the willingness of giving up pleasure to never suffer again.

There are often moments where I am briefly enjoying life. But even then, I ultimately know that it would have been for the best if I already died years ago.

 

[DocNo]

Life has pleasure and pain, death has neither. Suicide is the willingness of giving up pleasure to never suffer again.

wow. that's pretty much on point.

 

[Captive of Mind]

I don't see how something like music would change any of the reasons I want to die. Appreciation for those things would be low on my list for things that would make me want to live.

I want to die because of things that are fundamentally wrong with who I am and how my brain works. Also, the way other people are and the way society works. There are other reasons, but none of them would be influenced by something like music.

 

[Good4Nothing]

Ask Van Gogh if art is pro-life.
Ask Kurt Cobain if music is pro-life.

Those are just the first two that popped into my head. Who knows how many artists and musicians have ultimately killed themselves.

 

[NodusTollens]

First off, love this thread topic.

Art is so subjective, I wouldn't be able to say definitively that it's pro-life. Using myself as an example, I can listen to a sad song & feel more alive that I would had I listened to a positive one. It just has this ability to connect with me on deeper level. I think our individual experiences & perceptions of the world are so unique, that it wouldn't be possible to classify art one way or another. Especially since a lot of people use art to express their pain.