To be completely honest, reading this article gave me a sense of relief. It wasn’t until about a year ago that I thought that I could actually study art and it would be worth my time. I spent my childhood years loving art, but being conditioned to think it wasn’t going to be a productive or lucrative way to spend my life. From religious educator, to politician, to goat herder, I went through a lot of “what I want to be when I grow ups” before I realized how important it was to me that I was going to be creating for the rest of my life. I was determined to use art in my life and I think I’ve found a way to escape the starving artist trope. This article gave me so much hope. Pink describes an era where the creative mind flourishes, along with the technological. The Conceptual Age is an ideal time and I feel so lucky to live in a world that is catching up to what the masterminds have known all along. There’s a reason Renaissance men are masters of so many fields. The arts and the sciences are equally important and are even more powerful when working together.

The most interesting part of the article to me was the story of a Graphic Design firm staffed by people with a background in law who work to present information for court cases. How cool is that??!?!

Pink, Daniel H. “A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age”. 49-50. Print.