One of the key points was how important imagination was. How it provides a safety net for experimentation and rehearsal. Along with imagination sensibility was important, to slow down and savoy things. I think these both could be related to the eight habits of mind. I think Imagination is part of expression and sensibility is part of observation.

Another key point in the reading was representation. Representation stabilizes an idea or image in a material and makes possible dialog with it. This is one of the main parts of art without representation there would be no art. It is the part that connects our consciousness with the material world. When we can take something and represented it in some kind of material for and present it to the world.

Another key point was about how the arts can direct our thinking. Specifically how it can direct our thinking inward and we can observe what we see or feel. There are not many times or things in this world that allow us to reflect on ourselves as people. When we can look at art and be moved, we discover that that is possible. Art helps us discover the emotional contours or ourselves. Parts of our brain and sense of self that we did not know existed.

"Learning how to become the architect of your own experience and therefore learning how to create yourself" I full-heartedly believe in this and I think the arts is a very important thing to have to keep young peoples minds open to really knowing that this is possible and you do create yourself and life is what you make it.