--empyre- soft-skinned space--Dear all,
thank you for contributions; they are diverse but the issue of ageing has
so many different angles that it diversity is inevitable;
what I meant with the battle between generations is that there are
inherently different
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Is anybody familiar with German director Fassbinder's film *Fear Eats the
Soul, *the love between a German woman in her sixties and a North African
man in around his forties?
Murat
On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 11:04 AM warkk wrote:
>
--empyre- soft-skinned space--thank you Shu Lea for recalling Sandy’s legendary performance. It’s also
described in the book I’m writing about right now: Time is a thing a body
moves through by T. Fleischmann. The book is a lovely meditation on Felix
Gonzales Torres
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Hi all,
Trying to look back at these few days I notice it is difficult to treat the
subject of "sexuality and age" in public. I read some very touching stories
on ageing (Simon, Ana), but we only sidewise touched on sexuality, on the
kind
--empyre- soft-skinned space--I just returned from dinner with a robust, boisterous group of people
who live in cohousing. They decided to follow Donna's injunction to
"make kin", and they're successful at it. People of many ages, many
professions, including the
--empyre- soft-skinned space--
I just returned from dinner with a robust, boisterous group of people
who live in cohousing. They decided to follow Donna's injunction to
"make kin", and they're successful at it. People of many ages, many
professions, including the
--empyre- soft-skinned space--
Thanks, Ana.
Your story of the 80 year-old prompts me to reply.
My small family lived with my parents in separate buildings on the same
property. The kids grew up through their aging and dying. I had the
privilege of nursing both my
--empyre- soft-skinned space--
This opens up so many areas. Attention issues are a critical issue in
education today; I don't think even now that cellphone addiction has been
sufficiently dealt with or at least addressed. I keep hearing people
making snap decisions
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- On being "old"
I don't fell much older than I did at 20. But tell that to a 25 year old when
they are telling mehow things are today, that the culture has changed and I
just don't see what has happened.I'm working with a group of young
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Dear Miha. teal,
You approach aging from a metaphysical, intellectual point of view.
Whereas, aging/dying is a series of losses. When you arrive at your last
loss, you die. This is interior, subjective, not analytical or
metaphysical,
--empyre- soft-skinned space--
Hi Miha and thank you!
A couple of points - you contrast older people in positions of power with
younger people who want to participate in that. And I agree of course. But
this is not the normative state of the elderly, at least in
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Dear Alan,
thank you for your response; it is obvious that people of age are often the
subject of caricaturing and laughter; the things which are expected from
elderly such as being wise and calm are probably even more frustrating; as
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Yes, Ruth. Thank you for your response.
Murat
On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 11:03 PM Ruth Catlow wrote:
> --empyre- soft-skinned space--
> Dear Murat,
>
> I take your point. And its a good call to invite me to
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Dear Murat,
I take your point. And its a good call to invite me to re-read Alan's post,
which I think resonates with my own (in the description of grandparent as a
constraining assigned role).
I was careless. I value the insights into
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Hi Ruth and other participants,
Why is the issue and prejudices around aging are focused around women with
the added implication that these prejudices are the work of men ("the
machinery of patriarch")? As if men do not get old and suffer
--empyre- soft-skinned space--I'd like to thank you all, and especially Annie, for your writing in this
thread.
I remember in 2010 when Annie wrote about menopause and sexuality. I was
struck by her anger that no-one ever told her/us that it might be that way.
The
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Hi Sandy,
I'm sorry if I gave that impression, but your remarks were so full of
enthusiasm and positivity that I needed another take on it. I think you
understand that.
Your remark triggered something in me that I tried to analyze and
--empyre- soft-skinned space--
Hi Annie,
I'm not sure if you were claiming that my remarks, insofar as they
touched on sex, confirmed "mainstream" ideas. Perhaps what I wrote
could have been read that way, but only if you don't know me very well. :-)
Cheers,
Sandy
--empyre- soft-skinned space--
I just have a few comments to make; at the age of 76 I should be entitled
to! :-) Aging, in the U.S., is the last refuge of violent caricaturing,
laughter, and ignorance in the mainstream media. Almost every episode, for
example, of
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Thank you so much for the references and starting points;
it is true that there hasn't been much discussion about the sexuality in
the older age; it is definitely a taboo and I guess it would make (most)
people very uncomfortable talking
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Dear all,
When McKenzie asked about ageing and Sandy answered I felt unease. I
thought my own experience not relevant for the context and so I didn't
react. Also I needed some distance to check my feelings and to see if this
wasn't an only
--empyre- soft-skinned space--hi on this theme, there's been a good experiment in Ibarra, Ecuador, an
artistic residency in a half-forgotten old people's home
Arte para no olvidar organized by TOLA
https://www.facebook.com/TOLACULTURA/
scroll down 4 photos
tomorrow is
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Dear all,
as Shu Lea Cheang already announced the next topic is addressing the issues
of "sex death love and ageing";
Hereby I am sharing a textual proposal for an exhibition and a year-long
project about different aspects of ageing; the
--empyre- soft-skinned space--
dear empyre-ers
The September month on -empyre- doesnt seem to be ending, so many
threads to follow up...
Let me recall some moments -
McKenzie Wark ever so inncocently – 11/09/2019 post
/So Sandy: can you tell me a it about
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