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DNA and stardust: that’s what informs the person I am constantly becoming.
strong women don’t get weak with age; they just get strong in other ways.
“Anti-aging” is an ageist message that damages us as it proclaims youth to be the only desirable state for a woman.
creativity does not come from the pretty places in our lives. Gestation does not happen in sunshine. Creativity is often born from darkness, mud, and chaos.
She knows who she is and what she stands for, and where she belongs. She lives life as an artist, creatively and with passion. Seeing the extraordinary within the ordinary became a template for how to live life as if it were poetry.
The truth about older women, about women who fully embody the Creatrix, is that their wisdom nourishes and uplifts.
“Let the beauty we love be what we do.”
To watch the beauty of one’s younger life transform to the deepening beauty of one’s soul is to surrender to the miracle of creation, the cycle of the seasons, and the abiding rapture of being alive.
The archetype of Creatrix is one that is not defined by a man, but by women.
There is a great power in women coming together to tell their stories, not in the lamentation of lost youth, but in the ceremony of celebration for the accumulating years and wisdom that result.
Don’t let anyone define your capabilities, your intelligence, your thoughtfulness, or your creativity by your years.
