March 24, 2013 – 12:20 am
I don’t know how I missed this until now. Orson Scott Card published a fantastic short story/essay on the law of consecration back in 1993 entitled “Consecration: A Law We Can Live With.” In it he eloquently writes a parable of a man who envisions some scriptures as a Book of Mormon figure might have [...]
Seven years ago in 2006 I did a project as part of a course at BYU. The object of the project was to produce something substantially creative. I decided to recreate the Sistine Chapel as a computer generated virtual simulation. Since most people may not have a chance to visit the real Sistine Chapel, this [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Tagged 3D, art, design, diagram, history, location, map, photos, virtual, virtual reality, visit
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December 29, 2012 – 11:14 am
The following was written in response to a comment by “nate” on a post at Millennial Star which discussed the merits of the new film Les Misérables. In summary, the commenter claimed that art is “just art,” and in the end is escapism, overrated, simple entertainment, will not change your life (no matter how great [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Tagged architecture, art, boyd k. packer, brigham young, dance, design, hugh nibley, literature, media, millennial star, movie, music, painting, poetry, ritual, shakespeare, symbolism, technology
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October 14, 2012 – 9:21 am
A friend of mine, Steven Lloyd, has put together a great new tool and website. It is the Book of Mormon Testimony Translator, otherwise known as BOMTT.com. The site has one simple purpose, to help any member of the Church easily translate their testimony of the Book of Mormon into any other language, so that [...]
September 26, 2012 – 10:15 am
I came across an interesting blog post the other day, that gave eight philosophical questions that man believes we may never solve. One of the questions is, “is our universe real?” I researched many different facets of this question in my 45 page paper, “A Modern Worldview from Plato’s Cave.” In this blog post it [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Tagged children, christ, glory, greek, life, light, philosophy, questions, transhumanism, universe, veil, worship
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