Thursday, July 14, 2011

Idealism

Around a year ago, I was pondering possible names for my electronica project I asked my then-girlfriend for suggestions, and the instant response was "Idealism". I had no idea what the word meant, and I was hesitant to ask. But it stuck. And that's the name I carry today, "Idealism", as a moniker for whatever music I compose that can fit under no other category.

But a couple of days ago, shortly after cracking 100 fans on the Idealism's Facebook page, a gentleman that I have never met before posted on my wall "Religion is a disgrace and should be abolished". I, being a Christian, was somewhat offended by this, and I was led to question what "Idealism" meant. Or if I even stood behind the name I had used for so long.
After some research and referencing, I had come up with an explanation of Idealism, or at least the term I wished to use for my musical project: "Idealism is the philosophical theory which maintains that experience is ultimately based on mental activity". Idealism is the belief that life, in the essence that we perceive it, it merely an individualized interpretation of the real world, and ultimately the only true experience is that within the spirit. Idealism is the belief that the essential nature of reality lies within consciousness or reason.

Once we leave our bodies, what will happen to us?
If our world is merely an illusion created by our spirits trying to put into sense a creation so beautiful and flawless that we cannot begin to comprehend it in our earthly form, what happens when that veil is lifted and we come face to face with our Creator?

"For God does speak- now one way, now another- though man may not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night" - Job 33:12