Sharpie Al
Charlotte Alice Overton-Hart, or just Sharpie Al.
Champion of ageing and the old, and the experience and wisdom of older people, inspired by my 92-year-old gran, Nancy.
People are my favourite vintage. Amazing greys.
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“Rhythm is deep and it touches us in ways that we don’t understand. We know that language used rhythmically has some kind of power to delight, to...
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CREATIVE IDEASNew and creative ideas happen all the time. By definition they are unique and different. However, with new ideas you never know if...
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Delicatessen with love – portraits of grandmothers around the world alongside their specialty dishes by Italian photographer Gabrielle...
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PlayThere are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and...
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“Wherever your life ends, it is all there. The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived...”
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“Though I am an old man, I am a young gardener”— Thomas Jefferson - To be ever learning is the key to life.
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“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in...
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Jerwood Gallery in Hastings plus a specials board outside an eaterie a few hundred metres away. There are some mighty interesting discourses of ageing going on here.
One of the photos from Katherine Rose’s Lunch is Served collection, which appears in The Guardian. The caption under this image reads:
Great Croft day centre for the elderly, London.
Prawn cocktail, roast turkey, cheese and crackers, Christmas pudding, mince pie, Irish coffee.
Abul Choudhury, centre manager: “Christmas lunch is our big party of the year. We are a day centre for vulnerable elderly people. Many of our 60 guests have nowhere to go over Christmas, and 89% of them have no access to hot food. That’s why a Christmas meal is so important. “The atmosphere is always very buzzy and lively. We’ll have a piano and a singalong, and enjoy a few drinks. A lot of them tell me afterwards that it’s the best party they’ve been to in years.”
I recently discovered the work of Peter Baynton at a workshop about Nutrition & Food Environments of Older Adults run by New Dynamics of Ageing. In addition to his fresh and non-patronising design for Hospital Foodie, a food and nutrition management system intended to be used in hospitals to help combat malnutrition, Peter has made some truly excellent animations about older people, of which Over The Hill is one. A powerful tale against institutional abuse, without exception I would recommend Over The Hill to everyone who works in health and social care. It’s the Belleville Rendez-Vous meets Panorama of the care sector. You’ll see what I mean.
What’s that you say, an older woman making music with household objects? Yup.
Very much looking forward to seeing Grandma Lo-Fi, which is being screened as part of Brighton’s very own CINECITY.
Watch the trailer. At least.
Beautiful, honest photo story by Alejandro Kirchuk about his grandfather Marcos, who cared for his grandmother Monica, in her final years with Alzheimer’s.
Inspirational 91-year-old Iris Apfel: challenging almost everyone’s perception of old age, one outfit at a time. Go Iris!
(An aside: Dazed & Confused missed a trick, surely? Why not The Old Aesthetic)?
I watched Featherhead (2006), a sensitive - and devastatingly sad - short film, at dementia awareness training a few months ago. The film was made by Bridge and Tunnel Productions:
Featherhead is a moving tale of a lifelong love that is tested to the limit. John is forced to watch helplessly as his wife’s Alzheimer’s progresses and he is barely able to cope. Portraying the heart-breaking consequences of this confusing and frustrating disease, John’s emotions become visibly aggressive as he loses control. Arathi, an elderly Asian neighbour sees the situation decaying from across the fence. She must consider the boundary between help and interference, as the tragedy of the situation escalates.
Stunningly filmed by internationally renowned cinematographer, Brian Tufano (DP of Billy Elliot, East is East, and Trainspotting), ‘Featherhead’ leaves you with a unique empathy and a powerful understanding of a subject that is rarely discussed.
The Elders is an independent group of global leaders chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who work together for peace and human rights. They were brought together in 2007 by Nelson Mandela, with a little nudge from Richard Branson and Peter Gabriel.
Elders all over the world are largely unsung superheroes. Let them not be invisible or silent. We need to acknowledge them and listen to what they have to say.
Illustrations by Chris Piascik via The Elders.
Great quote about The Amazings, and almost certainly true of senior citizens in most town and cities across the world. Amazingness in elders is everywhere, we just have to recognise it.
Knitted Lives gave 40 women between the ages of 60 and 93 the opportunity to work with Fiona Rutherford and Jenny Burns, textile artists, and writer Carol McGuigan. Over a year the knitters produced a total of 125 three-dimensional knitted objects representing stories from their lives.
“A fantastic experience for older people to contribute their expertise and experiences in a creative, empowering and supportive project.” Fran O’Brien, Quality of Life Partnership.
Or in other words, knitting narrative.
I like it.
As Time Goes By: Thoughts on Well-Being in Later Years is a document produced with older people as co-researchers. It’s a good idea, of course. And by good idea, I really mean it should be common practice.
