So much for good resolutions. I haven't posted in days and really haven't been thinking about the blog much. But here is the central issue: how does one get from 18 to 80? I remember being 18 so clearly, I've had the chance to revisit the time with my daughters, both of whom have moved through the age. We all know what it looks like, lovely thick plump skin, glossy hair, and slender waists. In my line of work I also get to see plenty of women in their seventies and eighties, the skin has changed, lines have appeared that seem indelible, the skin now hangs in folds, the plumpness gone even when the tissue has more fat beneath it, and as for the waist... The hair has lost it's color, thickness and texture, it feels dry and brittle. Probably like the bones beneath the flesh. So how do we negotiate the transition? And are we aware of these subtle changes?
I think some of this will sound like narcissism, and while I don't deny the truth in this, I really am interested in how the internal girl moves through time while the woman changes and evolves. And that is not to say that the girl isn't changing, she does... But how does all this happen? And what does it feel like?
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