Friday, February 16, 2007

Is Art a Masculine Thing?

By Drew

Michael over at 2 Blowhards makes an interesting observation: "Why do so many American males consider arty and aesthetic matters to be faggy?"












  1. Drew,

    Very good questions indeed!

    If that's the case, why do NASCAR legends participate with arts companies for charity benefits and do things to support their communities -- Ward Burton (welcome back Wahhhdddd!) doing narration for a local ballet company in Virginia, and Darrell Waltrip at the Nashville Ballet (in a tradition in Nashville, well-known celebrities -- more often men than not -- in the area play "Mother Ginger" in their Nutcracker as Tennessee Titans TE Ben Troupe, country singer Hal Ketchum have also played the role in the 2006 version).

    I am a conservative looking for the girl of my life (I don't know if my voice teacher is it for now) but I enjoy hanging with classy women who are modest.

    Much of the Left's control of the arts reminds me of what Charles Colson said was a problem in the 20th century. Colson noted that the era was marked by a "worship" of art instead of God. Bach mentioned music was "Solely for the Glory of God" and we have lost that thought. The "Church of High Art" is a byproduct of such crises.

    I enjoy classical music as it requires you to think deeper. As a classically trained vocalist, I find it pleasing that it does not require amplification or earplugs -- and earplugs are annoying because if you do not wear them, you risk losing your hearing that the sermon will not be understood as your ears have been pierced by the garbage.

    I would think conservatives are more likely to have literature to read, since liberals go only by feelings, and not by reading and inferring information!

    As for the feminisation of the church, it is the whole society going women. Think of the fact men's schools do not exist in the Palmetto State since the Clinton Supreme Court (which we still live) forced The Citadel to become coed (and the loss of men's sports is the penalty -- I've called it the Federal Feminazi Academy, owing to Rush Limbaugh), and there are at least three women's schools -- one at the secondary and two at the collegiate level -- in our state still.

    The 1996 election set the rules -- Women make the rules, men are to be ignored. A recent episode of The Apprentice showed that was not a good idea. One team won because their men's product was much better than the other team's. The person who proceeded to put through the inferior men's product was torched.

    In a January 28 article in the Orlando Sentinel, direct marketing consultant Mike Ellis cited John Eldridge's Wild at Heart and David Murrow's Why Men Hate Going to Church for his analysis.

    Oddly enough to most, he blamed modern worship, calling it "dreamy songs with lovey-dovey words," and Martha Stewart-style decor.

    Rather, they want to hear the image of God as a mighty warrior ready to fight against evil.

  2. For starters, we need to rid our dialogue of the phrase and all it variants: "young males." "Young men" is more appropriate because it doesn't create that disdainful distance desired by the groups who can't bring themselves to talk about men without using the word "males" as though we were the subject of one of Jane Goodall's documentaries. And no scare quotes around "men" either.

  3. Yahmdallah,
    Couldn't agree with you more. It's very easy to lapse into the common phraseology, but you're absolutely right that these are young men, and one of the best ways we have of helping them achieve a mature manhood is by treating them like men.

    Thanks for your comments - as always, you make excellent points and contributions. Hope to see more of your posts soon!



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