Creatively Aging

A Hero

Posted in creative aging, creativity by creativeaging on September 7, 2009

Our heros reveal something about us. They can reveal our interest, and our priorities. We shape ourselves by those we admire and emulate.

Today, September 7th, is the birthday of one of my heros: Grandma Moses. Anna Mary Robertson Moses was born in 1860 and died in 1961. She began painting at 78 and ceased painting just before her death.

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Opportunity

Posted in community arts, creative aging, creativity by creativeaging on September 7, 2009

Perhaps I can enourage creativity at any age by chronicling creative freeways (what’s the opposite of a barrier?) in my locality:

Nancy McLaughlin in The News & Record profiled an effort to have singers share their love of music with the community in a new community chorus.

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