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The Blossoming Years
“Aging Is Living And It Starts The Minute We’re Born”
(SERIES IN PROGRESS)
In this series, the onion represents older individuals, since both are judged lowly in our culture. Also, both grow from the center out adding layers as they mature. I painstakingly make these faux flowers using only parts of dried onions which I photograph.
The onion’s metamorphose to a pretty flower parallels older individuals spiritual & emotional metamorphose into deeper beings. Aging has been compared to climbing a staircase, bringing us into wisdom, wholeness and authenticity, making it easier to focus on what truly matters.”
I want people - young & old - to embrace aging truths, and stop the harm done by believing in negative age myths. Instead find the joys and freedoms old age offers, and develop respect for the wisdom of older individuals.
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be!” - ROBERT BROWNING
