Hear hear Annemette . . . the UF Viking Philosopher!! Well spoken indeed! Battle scars and injuries . . . laugh lines (and lap lines) . . . wisdom is not a given as we age. We all get old (hopefully) but we don't all get wise . . . or, more importantly, happy. Animals with battle scars . . . whether a cat or a person . . . are much more interesting!! :)
Such wise and beautiful words, Annemette... you are so good to me. I very rarely take self portraits, but sometimes I feel a need to record the passage of time in as a raw a way as possible... in fact I like lines and wrinkles! My hero is Keith Richards, so I should do!!
Nothing old about that hand. Wait and see. When you turn 80, you´ll wonder why you felt this way;) Still I know what you mean. In this world that has become so obsessed with surface, it can be difficult wittnessing one´s own deteriation that happens slowly day by day. We feel more or less the same on the inside, but the "meatpackage" changes character! I try to avoid people, places and magazines that aim to tell us to look in a certain way. I refuse to be dictated by shallow fools. Actually I find both men and women much more attractive when there´s some character to them, some lines showing who they are. We must learn also to love these changes on ourselves by being firm on the inside. I´d love to live for several hundred years though which is another matter within the field of ageing;-) Nice hands and good idea. No need to worry.
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