Living by Design: Creative guru Michael Graves turns his attention to improving home health products. This time it’s personal.
[September 2006 - AARP Bulletin] For internationally renowned architect and designer Michael Graves, bad design is painful. Seriously. Three years ago, Graves lay on a gurney in an ambulance bay in Princeton, N.J., waiting to be transferred to a hospital in Manhattan. He'd been in excruciating pain all night and could no longer feel his legs. Still, he tells people, his only thought was, "I don't want to die here, because it's so ugly." More
ageing as exile?
This blog explores the intersection of aging, creativity, purpose, transition, learning and well-being. It is edited by Steve Dahlberg.
"Exile is the cradle of nationality," according to Michael Higgins, Ireland's former minister of arts, culture and the Gaeltacht. We should "presuppose a sort of dialogue among exiles" who are together in a new place. Viewing ageing as "exile" offers a new (and positive) perspective about exile and ageing - one that can lead to older people better understanding their common "nationality" of what it means to be fully human - to be part of a greater whole.
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