It just IS!

In a recent article in the NY Times: When Creativity Diminishes Along With the Cash Nicolai Ouroussoff worries that the new diminished plans for the Parrish Art Museum on LI "suggest the possibility of a worrying new development in our time of financial insecurity. It is a creeping conservatism — and aversion to risk — that leaves little room for creative invention."

Yes, conservatism and a return to the familiar is no surprise and quite common in insecure economic times. There will always be trends, but the current "trend" is to look back to iconic products that have stood the test of time and do not scream: "I brought this in the 2nd half of 2009" as we saw during the recent boom-boom times. It is simply a fact of life.

Added 8/14: Saw an ad on TV last night (am clueless who it was for) that said - and I am paraphrasing: "We are going from trends to tradition." The perfect sentiment for the times.