Upon hearing an Eric Clapton guitar solo

[fpb]

At times like this, I really do feel sorry for atheists. One has to be grateful for artistry so miraculous, but they have nobody to be grateful to. (And don't give me any crap about "the human spirit" - that is what we owe the Murdoch press and robotic dance noise to.)

Comments

[shelestel.livejournal.com]

Don't you think that if atheists could not experience gratitude, or some other related good state of mind, they wouldn't enjoy beauty altogether?

[dustthouart.livejournal.com]

Hey, I love robotic dance noise!

[cosmolinguist]

What if we're just grateful to the artist? All the time and effort put in to learning his craft and performing it for us, and the myriad of good people and good chances around him that have brought him to a place where his music can be heard by people who will never meet him or otherwise have anything to do with him.