August 12, 2022
In a recent video,
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Channel’s Gregory Pine OP expressed concern that popular entertainment, especially music and movies, often becomes an obstacle to achieving the heavenly meditative purpose for which we are created. did. It is worth noting that, contrary to typical Catholic commentary on pop culture, Fr. Pine focuses less on the moral content of music and movies and more on how the form itself affects us physically, psychologically, and spiritually.
In this discussion, I was inspired by Fr. Pine’s point, host Thomas Milas and filmmaker Nathan Douglas, not only identify some elements of music and movies that can be a hindrance to a contemplative life, but also encourage people to simply avoid music and movies. Rather, it also suggests how we can better engage with art in deeper ways. The contemplative end of humanity.
Timestamp:
0:00 Intro
6:31 Golden Pine Video Summary
11:08 The risks of treating media as “junk food” instead of demanding better media
14:44 Developing a tolerance for more artistic films
17:31 Discursive reasoning is not the best method of deliberation
20:26 Music is the simplest and meditative art form
22:58 Relationship between movies and reality
25:13 Advertising and gloss in modern cinema
29:38 Problems with incorporating Catholic content into Hollywood formats
31:28 Film editing rhythms can hinder reflection
38:24 Intuitively learn how to distinguish toolwork from fine craftsmanship
42:15 Rhythmic excitement is different from ordinary
46:23 Conclusion of movie discussion
48:02 Applying Augustine’s theory of evil as poverty to art
49:34 The need for both lower and higher music
55:46 In what sense should Catholics “engage with pop culture”?
59:33 Computer-dominated pop music, emphasis on lyrics, lack of melody
1:07:53 Personal elements in art
1:12:08 Music, sensations, and meditation beyond words
1:18:22 Stimulating the body through music
1:22:45 Enjoy your emotions with music
1:27:09 Can music be “immoral”?
1:32:06 Mistaking slow for good in movies
1:34:11 Educating believers to increase artistic depth
1:43:50 Can sensory images help our spiritual life?
1:49:18 What music tells us about reality
1:56:20 There is no formula for beauty
2:01:08 Simple receptivity to divine beauty
2:03:54 Recommended resources
resource:
Father Gregory Pine: “I stopped listening to music” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVh4rHubNOc
elizabeth paul labat
The Song That I Am: About the Mysteries of Music
https://litpress.org/Products/MW040P/The-Song-That-I-Am
Etienne Gilson
art of beauty
https://www.amazon.com/Arts-Beautiful-Scholarly-Etienne-Gilson/dp/1564782506
Criteria: Catholic Movie Podcasts
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/category/criteria
CCP #126: How Charlie Parker’s music changed my life
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/126-how-charlie-parker-changed-my-life
CCP #28: Introduction to Maritain’s philosophy of poetry by Samuel Hazo
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/episode-28-introduction-to-maritains-poetic-philosophy-samuel-hazo
nathan douglas
movie vocation https://vocationofcinema.substack.com
Pine’s literature lectures that Father Nathan referred to https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/literature-as-philosophy-fr-gregory-pine-op
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