Is There a Creative Renaissance?

Dan O'Brien: I wonder if at the end of all this there will be some type of creative renaissance. When we look inside of ourselves and in our real eyes, doesn't that generally lead to some type of artistic renaissance? And i think people are realizing that this is one of the reasons why you stay alive more so than ever. He says art is a form of chasing immortality - having a piece of you live on beyond your mortal existence.