by mkellent | Jun 19, 2015 | Inspiration
The old woman picked her way down the cobblestoned street, one more day in a life of hard work written large on her body. Suddenly the sounds of evening in Havana were shattered by the music of klaxon horns heralding the approach of a procession of vividly colored old...
by mkellent | Feb 10, 2015 | Individual Aging, Inspiration
“My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.” Florida Scott-Maxwell (author and Jungian Analyst) Artist Slater Barron, famous as The Lint Lady, <slaterbarron.com> embodies the passionate...
by mkellent | Jan 30, 2015 | Individual Aging, Inspiration
“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it” ― Gautama Buddha I spent time with an artist I admire very much: Dominique Moody is a well-known assemblage artist who is creating her life so that her vision, purpose, art and...
by mkellent | Nov 24, 2014 | Inspiration, Working in the Field
Cannot think of a better description…… <<We believe that an individual’s potential does not recede as he or she ages but remains ready for recognition and realization. Each individual benefits from realizing that potential because it reminds them...
by mkellent | Nov 10, 2014 | Inspiration, Working in the Field
Tony, a resident at one of the Arts Colonies where I work, had written a play about a young writer interacting with a group of seniors who thought of themselves as nobodies. He entered it into a competition I arranged, and although it made the final cut, it did not...
by mkellent | Sep 7, 2014 | Inspiration, Working in the Field
The following story is as much a metaphor for our work in designing programs as it is about making a satisfying old age for oneself. Yitzak Perlman, the virtuoso violinist, is reported to have said, after a spectacular performance on a violin with a broken string “You...
