What does old age mean anyway? It looks like it is a vague notion of a confusing something that somehow involves your body, your mind and your ability to even think about death. The older you get, the lesser your chances of proving yourself ready for dying. Does this sound like a major paradox? It… Continuă lectura The New Age
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Oldies, not Goldies
Nothing defines the old age better than ambiguity. We grow old in highly ambiguous ways. This ambiguity is constantly nurtured from three sources: the waste, the chill, and the absence. I’ll approach them one by one. The waste… …is, in every respect, enormous. Illnesses wasting the body; nostalgia wasting the heart; those long, empty hours… Continuă lectura Oldies, not Goldies