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All the Ages You've Ever Been

7/25/2021

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Your inside person doesn’t age. Your inside person is soul, is heart, in the eternal now, the ageless, the old, the young, all the ages you’ve ever been.
- Anne Lamott



Let's take a break from space this week and plant ourselves in the studio, where a large figure has begun.  Beginning with charcoal dipped in water on canvas.  We shall see where she goes from here. 

This is the week I turn 59, which makes everything (in my head, at least) about me.  No, not in a "where's my cake?  where is the party?" kind of way, but everything is being filtered through the lens of turning this age - what does it mean?  Who am I now?  Where the heck am I heading?

Excessive introspection is the curse (or super power) of the introvert.

So when I came across the Lamott quote, a question was answered.  Who am I now?  I am all the ages (and all the things) I have ever been.  
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My inside person (I love Lamott's phrasing there) is, indeed, soul and heart.  And I do think she grows larger - takes up more space- in my being with each passing year.  My outside person seems to shrink; skin, hair, bones....even my coloring washes out as I age.  But this just leaves more room for my inside person.  I imagine someday, when the outside can no longer contain the inside, there will be a shift in my existence.  But for now (the eternal now) I am just tickled as heck to be here with you, dear reader.  

​Now, where is that cake? :)
10 Comments
Carl Stoveland
7/26/2021 12:47:08 pm

Such great things to ponder through the lens of you at every age. These are certainly some of the things that cross my mind like the big who am I now question that gets dwelt on during the semi trance state art creation brings on.

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Stan Kurth link
7/26/2021 12:59:06 pm

Couldn't agree more!

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lola (jen)
7/26/2021 07:35:43 pm

STAN!!!!!!!! Woot! Thanks for stopping in!

lola (jen)
7/26/2021 07:32:49 pm

Carl! The big "WHO AM I NOW" question - I love that you ponder that during your art semi-trances!

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Carol Kitchell link
7/26/2021 02:09:44 pm

You will become
a graveyard
of all the women
you once were
before you rise
one morning
in your own skin.
You will swallow
a thousand
different names
before you taste
the meaning
held within your own.
(Pavana Reddy)

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lola (jen)
7/26/2021 07:36:26 pm

Carol!!!! OMG! I love that. Thank you so much for sharing...beautiful and so perfect.

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Carol Edan link
7/27/2021 02:22:33 pm

I can definitely relate with that quote! I don't recognize that person in the mirror..... she has no relationship to the person inside.
Happy Birthday! They are just numbers!

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lola (jen)
8/2/2021 05:00:28 pm

Carol - we are so much more than those numbers! And thank you, friend!

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Mark Hashizume
8/2/2021 11:09:53 am

As you know, I love Annie! Thank you for sharing your Self for you inspire and delight.

"Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments." -Rose Kennedy

May you continue to have wonderful moments.

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lola (jen)
8/2/2021 05:01:18 pm

Mark! Thank you, friend! And it is my pleasure to share. Let us ALL have wonderful moments, even if it isn't our birthday!!!

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