by Adam K. K. Figueira -
One of the easiest pitfalls as an artist is to seek to influence others with my art. Latter-day Saints (and many Christians) are naturally invigorated by a missionary spirit and much art has been created with the intent of taking the Gospel message to the world by directly preaching it. I see this as a mistake in most non-institutional cases, because it reorients the art away from the artist’s relationship with God and towards his conversation with his or her audience. In other words, this kind of art can easily attempt to dictate what another person’s worship should look like, rather than reflecting the artist’s own worship. A reflection of personal worship can influence others, but that is not its intent.
by Brent Leavitt -
In the Spring of 2005, an incoming freshman inquired of me, an outbound senior, my position about the film program at BYU, from which I was graduating. My answer surprised both him and me. I told him it was perfect. There was an important discovery, however, that gave my schooling the meaning and significance that enabled me to reply with unflinching confidence to my freshman associate.
by Brent Leavitt -
If there was some aspect of the cinema that was uniquely new about this theatrical product, it was the most under looked element of the equation, the marketing of Mormon cinema. The marketing of Mormon cinema has become a unique movement in the last five years.
by Brent Leavitt -
As children of God, one of the many blessings which accompany each human being is the ability to discern good from evil. In the infant stages of life, these rights and wrongs are very much black and white. As we grow older, white and black swirl together into a gray, indiscernible to the natural eye. Hopefully, through the Spirit of God, we will always be able to discern black from white and right from wrong.
