What is art? Art is something we do, it is expressing our emotions, desire, ideas and intuitions through painting, drawing, music and etc. Creating masterpieces that can indulge many of your ideas and expressions, also widens the imagination of the creator. But what if we can merge the idea of Arts and Social consciousness? How can we make it possible without disregarding the main functions of each other.
Firts, social consciousness is the sensitivity to the social conditions dominating in the country. Being aware on the issues and social movements that circulating in the country. Participating and taking an action in order to aim a just society.
Art can functions as a social consciousness without disregarding the value of arts
Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo in Philippones is an example of social novel it means that we can integrate those two concepts. In this novel, Jose Rizal the national hero of the Philippines write this novel in order to express his ideas and to fight the suppresion of the foreign country through writing. By writing a fiction novel and taking an inspiration about the things happening around him he is able to create a great masterpiece that until now are still existing and it will be passed on the future generations. Social consciousness is a way of life, it involves the process of getting into the stream of national thoughts and aspirations.
There is also another extension of social consciousness and can be applied in Musical Literature, added that "a certain thing can never have a value to people unless it expresses the majority."
In the old days, our daily lives always had a touch of aesthetics, like poetry and music, but because of spanish invaded our land the artistic side of the Fililipinos was affected,from light to heavy genres that has always a touch of patriotic sentiments. Since we cannot blatantly protest against the spaniards that time because of their great influence and power. We pour our expressions, opinions and ideas in arts and demonstrating it to the public hoping for them to understand the pleas and sufferings behind for this oppression.
Most of the songs and poems that was written had always a patriotic contents about hero,hauntings and sadness for freedom.
In the article some songs are written that has a patriotic content these are Marangal na Dalit ng Katagalugan, Kundiman, Labintatlong Martir,Lupang Tinubuan,Bayan ko and Joceylnang Baliwag.
Expressing the thirst for freedom against the suppresion of the foreign countries that invading their land
It implies that literature and music must not be an instrument to destroy our nationalism instead, it should grow and develop more and hoping that the western influences to our country to decline for us to establish the true Filipino consciousness
As a conclusion, social consciousness and arts can be merge and can create a great masterpiece without disregarding the value of one another. But instead they are trying to enrich and cultivate one another thos two are influencing the masses. Enabling them to take an action to our community for us to live comfortably, just and fulfilled with everybody.
It’s Just Amazing Dear