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During my third year of college, my Humanities teacher assigned us weekly prompts that involved looking at renowned works of art and writing our impressions, thoughts, and questions. In order to aid us with the assignment she supplied statements that could guide our thinking. Now this was BYU, which if you don't know is privately owned by the LDS church and spirituality plays a large role in our courses. One of the suggestions she gave when evaluating art pieces has stayed with me: Find God. God is goodness. God is truthfulness. God is beauty. God can be any number of things. I think about finding God often when it comes to the images and stories produced by 'the world.' Many artists may not consciously notice the Godliness within their works, but it can be found, especially when art is personal, as most great art often is. In the LDS gospel we have thirteen articles of faith that plainly spell out our basic beliefs. The thirteenth article finishes with: If there is any...