ARWS, Hashem gave many talents to us. Dovid Hamelech was a musician and poet, his son Shlomo was a genius and poet, there are frum artists galore. Don’t feel guilty for appreciating the matanos that Hashem gave to the world, and the beauty expressed by those matanos.
The fact that someone tells you something is done a certain way by his/her community, does not make you lesser for not doing the same thing (as long as you are within halachic guidelines). To each his own. If I felt that uncomfortable, Personally, I would move to a neighborhood more in line with my own hashkafa.