The American college admissions process finally made it clear to me how broadly-spread a person I am in terms of talents and interests. I have always seemed to feel that I do not belong to our time; I think I belong in the past. The conflation of these two observations has lead me to aspire to become a renaissance man. (Woman.) Nowadays the education system is geared to specialization in one field, but not only do I myself not conform to this cookie-cutter future but I don’t think it’s good to stifle diverse interests. Perhaps it might be arrogant to think myself a renaissance man, in the vein of the great Leonardo, but I do not think it is arrogant to aspire to such an ideal. Interestingly enough one of the random quotes spewed out on the right hand side of my 43things was a quote by Leonardo da Vinci linking the idea of work and life purpose:
“Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.”

And of course, being a renaissance woman, I would work on a diverse number of creative, intellectual, possibly even scientific projects.

It’s a possibility. Purpose: to become a renaissance man?