Sunday, April 15, 2007

Ageing and Art

In The Sunday Times today, I wonder if the babyboomers are finally ready to face death.
Posted by Bryan Appleyard at 5:44 am

6 comments:

  1. Richard HaversApril 15, 2007 8:48 am

    My wife, who is invariably right, is fond of saying that the secret of life is to enjoy each phase of your life without trying to pretend you're in another phase. For me that is characterised by men friends of my age (56) desperately trying to remain 'contemporary' by claiming to really love bands that their 14 year old kids (from second or third marriage) really love.

    I've got plenty enough heroes of my own without trying to steal theirs.

    Spot on article Bryan

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  2. AnonymousApril 15, 2007 10:22 am

    I do like those Bay City Rollers.

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  3. JohnnyApril 15, 2007 9:12 pm

    My girlfriend, with disconcerting glee, discovered my first grey hair earlier today. It feels depressingly significant.

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  4. Neil ForsythApril 15, 2007 9:21 pm

    Enjoyable read, Bryan. As someone struggling through my "middle youth" years, I quite like the idea of getting older. The way I see it, by the time I reach my mid-fifties or sixties, I'm bound to know something. Right now, well, let's just say I know nothing worth knowing. The next twenty or thirty years are critical. And I'm feeling lucky.

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  5. Bryan AppleyardApril 16, 2007 6:26 am

    FYI Tony the Webmaster sends me a link to his web site, Vintae Vixens, for older models.
    http://www.vintagevixens.co.uk/

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  6. Tom P.April 16, 2007 3:40 pm

    The comic strip, Pearls Before Swine, did a nice job of summing it all up yesterday - http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/archive/pearls-20070415.html

    100 years from now we will all be dead and if you lived 8.3 years longer than I did you will still be dead.

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