“Everything exists because you exist.” Swami MuktanadaI found my mother in the emergency room, sitting on a gurney, angry and confused, skinny to the bone. Her hair, dyed a purplish hue, was matted to her forehead, and a bloody red scar shone above her eyebrow. She looked like a witch. While we waited, I stroked her back; I could feel each sharp vertebra through her gown. She asked for her purse, but there was no purse. Within a few minutes, a geriatric intern came down from the psychiatric wing
There are so many myths about aging. For instance, do you think, as many do, that “all old people are alike,” and that nobody changes after about the age of 50? Nothing could be farther from the truth. Freud’s famous statement that people couldn’t change after the age of 50 simply isn’t true. At the time he formed his theories, most people didn’t live past 50, and that of course shaped his views. He may not have seen a lot of people over 50. In fact this limited exposure to people in older
This fall at Northwest Film Forum we’ll be showing Austrian auteur Ulrich Seidl’s much-heralded film, Import Export. His recent interview with Green Cine covers both the extreme conditions required for Seidl to smile and the hazards of filming in the Ukraine — “thousands of unemployed Gypsies.” Import Export will screen November 6-12. INTERVIEW: Ulrich Seidl [First, a most necessary shout-out: welcome back, David Hudson ! We missed you, desperately.] Many are quick to label Austr
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“You may be right. I may be crazy. Hey, but it just may be a lunatic you’re looking for.” From You May Be Right by Billy Joel. “Hmmm. Something seems to be happening. I’m definitely noticing a quickening of the breath, a pounding of the heart, racing thoughts, and I believe…yes, the feeling of an elephant sitting on my chest. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say this is one of those elusive panic attacks I’ve heard so much about.” From The Onion , “So This Is A Panic Attack, Eh?” by
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