Optimistic words in the Harvard Business Review about the midlife crisis phenomenon (or mid-career crisis) from Hannes Schwandt, a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University’s Center for Health and Wellbeing. While a mid-career crisis can be a painful time in life, it can also be an opportunity to reflect and to reevaluate personal strengths and weaknesses. Whether you ...
Midlife Quote
Muhammad Ali on Age
"Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are." ~ Muhammad Ali ...
Become
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." ~ E.E. Cummings ...
In-Betweenness
"In-betweenness is a fundamental condition of our times." ~ Homi K. Bhabha While more of a cultural reference than an age reference, Bhabha's quotation offers a provocative invitation. Midlife is another sort of in-betweenness. A liminal period that is abstract and undefinable in so many ways. Maybe all of life is liminal. Maybe in-betweenness is all we ever know... ...
Now. Play.
“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.” ~ Alan W. Watts Dusts by Mindaugas Pov https://vimeo.com/118719607 I doff my noggin topper to Mindaugas Pov for his February 4, 2015 short-short film called "Dusts", a visually enrapturing sequence overlaid with the voice of Alan W. Watts. The filmmaker from Vilnius, Lithuania limits his explanation to technical notes: ...
Story
"We all need stories in order to live. Create a story. Tell a story." ~ Guillaume Wolf (You Are a Circle) ...