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Hi there my name is Nathan and I'm a 19 year old from Canada and I have some questions hopefully some people in this community could answer for me. I'd like to say that openly at the beginning of this statement that although my father was a pastor and I was was raised by two fundamentally Christian/catholic families I do not share many of the the traditional values of my related counterparts. That being said I have always been in a state of existential crisis which has led me to be the person I am today. That being said I did not create a profile on this website to slander or speak blasphemy to anyone in all reality I with my faith had not been challenged the way it was and I do have a strong respect for Puritan lifestyles and deeply rooted persons within any religious denomination. So I come here humbly to ask for a sort of consulting not so much spiritually as much as discretionary.
For the past 8 years I have been teaching myself to write and perform music and the funny thing is that over this period I have became quite good at it to the point that I have the opportunity to record under a label in my city and begin having my music distributed, however given these circumstances I come here asking some questions in correlation to my writing/image/themes presented in my art and how true Christians such as yourselves may interpret my message.
First to explain my theme is I speak greatly of my spiritual and self crisis and battle with alcoholism and other self destructive behaviour. I'm not vulgar in my stated remarks although despite my upbeat and relaxing sound my lyrical content is quite contrary. I talk about being a sinner a lot and personal destitution between heaven and hell more as a contrasting ideal rather than a place of physical existence. My lyrics as face value often times come off as violent or rash but it's part of my process and in person I am really quite a pacifist and in no way do I condone violence against others. I have created an image for myself as a confused spiritualist self medicating and practicing no conducive behaviour and the sad part about it is I love my image.
My first question I would like to throw out there is if it would be offensive to the Christian community to refer to myself as an apostle? Because in all reality I am one just not in the traditional sense. My stage name is "Nate the Apostle" which is derived from my names origin from that of Bartholomew the apostle. I often times speak in themes of martyrdom and sacrifice and also my carried burden of spiritual dis contempt with myself. I consider myself to be an apostle in the sense that I am a messenger through my music. I believe music to be a divine privilege to be able to create and that I was gifted to do so intentionally.
My second stage presence is blues sounding and that of a character that sold his soul for sinful and materialistic gain and his fight and moral conundrum knowing that even if he is good and human he faces indiscriminate damnation. All music I have written is secular or worldly but is very Christian themed in its roots and spoken in the classic sense of the old cartoon representation of the "devil on my shoulder" approach. That being said would art like this be offensive to Christians aswell?
I would be happy with any feedback I could get on here and happy to discuss or further explain myself if I have caused any confusion to anyone having read this far. I wanted to come on here first to see how the Christian community felt about me and my art before I released anything and offended or concerned anyone, because that is the last thing I am about!
-Nate
For the past 8 years I have been teaching myself to write and perform music and the funny thing is that over this period I have became quite good at it to the point that I have the opportunity to record under a label in my city and begin having my music distributed, however given these circumstances I come here asking some questions in correlation to my writing/image/themes presented in my art and how true Christians such as yourselves may interpret my message.
First to explain my theme is I speak greatly of my spiritual and self crisis and battle with alcoholism and other self destructive behaviour. I'm not vulgar in my stated remarks although despite my upbeat and relaxing sound my lyrical content is quite contrary. I talk about being a sinner a lot and personal destitution between heaven and hell more as a contrasting ideal rather than a place of physical existence. My lyrics as face value often times come off as violent or rash but it's part of my process and in person I am really quite a pacifist and in no way do I condone violence against others. I have created an image for myself as a confused spiritualist self medicating and practicing no conducive behaviour and the sad part about it is I love my image.
My first question I would like to throw out there is if it would be offensive to the Christian community to refer to myself as an apostle? Because in all reality I am one just not in the traditional sense. My stage name is "Nate the Apostle" which is derived from my names origin from that of Bartholomew the apostle. I often times speak in themes of martyrdom and sacrifice and also my carried burden of spiritual dis contempt with myself. I consider myself to be an apostle in the sense that I am a messenger through my music. I believe music to be a divine privilege to be able to create and that I was gifted to do so intentionally.
My second stage presence is blues sounding and that of a character that sold his soul for sinful and materialistic gain and his fight and moral conundrum knowing that even if he is good and human he faces indiscriminate damnation. All music I have written is secular or worldly but is very Christian themed in its roots and spoken in the classic sense of the old cartoon representation of the "devil on my shoulder" approach. That being said would art like this be offensive to Christians aswell?
I would be happy with any feedback I could get on here and happy to discuss or further explain myself if I have caused any confusion to anyone having read this far. I wanted to come on here first to see how the Christian community felt about me and my art before I released anything and offended or concerned anyone, because that is the last thing I am about!
-Nate