Do you think it influences?

Question

Do you think the music or the art in general, influence our vision of the world? How so? Agree? can you elaborate your position?

Answer 1

Absolutely true.  Our vision of the world is created socially.  If you do not believe this, try to think about what you thought of the world as a baby.  You didn't, this is because you hadn't adapted to the social world and learned the social heuristics.  

Music and art as a form of self expression can create a great form of self realization.  Exploration into the self through artistic endeavors is a great way to find out things about yourself.  You might find yourself to be very sedate in your inner thinkings when they are expressed artistically while socially you might tend to be very gregarious or outgoing.  I don't think this quite answers your question, but I'll get to more just below.  I just wanted to touch on the ability for self expression through art or music to allow for increased self realization.

Music and art can influence how we look at ourselves.  It can cause introspection, it can follow the looking glass self of sociological theory as well.  It might not seem that a generic piece of art (one that is not geared toward an individual) could be so powerful, but remember that music and art are completely open to interpretation.  If this viewer/listener finds some applicability to themselves in the ink or the prose they may adjust their behavior.  For example, when I hear the song "Creep" by Radiohead I become very self conscious about how others might perceive me.  This heightens the effects of the looking glass self idea and can impact my behavioral patterns.  Similarly, music or art may (through no intention of the artist) call to an individual on a level that is unimaginable to others.  Some paintings simply strike a chord with some people and they are fascinated by them.  They can cause many hours of intense contemplation while staring at them and music can hypnotize.  Through this medium, we can dramatically change our thoughts of ourselves and the world around us.

Music and art can also have a dramatic effect on how we perceive the world in a more direct fashion.  Look at the combat footage from vietnam. It was a horrible thing to see,but it was the first time that Americans had seen live (as in unedited) footage from a war zone.  It allowed us to realize the horrors of war and had a very dramatic effect on the popularity of the war. It influenced tens of thousands of people on a very guttural and individual level to flow against the war instead of blindly for it.  In this way both music and other forms of art can dramatically effect us and how we view the world.  We often see the horrors of another place through the depictions given in music or poetry.  The entire purpose of these artforms is a self release of emotion for the artists, it in turn can allow for a dramatic change in the perceptions of the viewers.

This should illustrate several different ways for music or other art to influence our ability to envision the world in a certain way.  I hope that helps to answer your question.  Let me know if you want me to clarify on anything, email works.