The Elder M. Russell Ballard reading quotes a scripture in Moroni that say’s “hold upon every good thing, and condemn it not, ye certainly will be a child of Christ.” This is an interesting scripture because it is telling us that through “good things” we can be better. Moroni doesn’t say through only scripture or only the words of the prophets but “good things”.

Another thing that I thought was really interesting in the Russell Ballard reading was that he mentions that art can be that "good thing" that can lead us to Christ and the best art is always inspired but to be inspired you can’t be self indulgent and the more that you forget yourself and try to do God’s will, the better, or at least more inspirational your art will be.

I’m feeling more and more the heavy responsibility that we all have to try and put out art that is “good”. I seems that media is going to be an important canvas for helping to enlighten people’s minds through good things. It also seem like our biggest challenge as artists is going to be the challenge of not glorifying ourselves through it.

In my own personal life experiences, I’ve always tried to follow the things that I felt were good. When I met my husband, he wasn’t a member of the church…but he was so good. He was so real and so spiritual and so Christ-like and I knew that if I was with him, because it felt so good to do so, that everything would be okay. And it has been, it hasn’t been perfect, but it’s been right and it’s been good.

I've also made A LOT of ungood choices that didn't bring me very much joy or inspiration but through it, I've learned the difference and I'm glad for it. I think that we all have it in us to be able to learn through reasoning and experience, how to choose good things. And maybe someday we can even be perfect at it...