Sarasota Senior Friendship Center

From working on this Intergenerational project, it makes me think of how strange it is for the older adults to be in a world so advance for them, that they probably don’t know how to do anything. Everything was simple back in their life time, so we have to make sure that our project is simple enough for them to understand and find something that is relatable to them, like an important event or a popular show. In some ways I’m thinking of how I might be when I’m at that age, and how I will see the world differently, and saying “back in my day.” I also think that this is a nice project that we are doing for them. I know that I would like to get visitors to say hi, even if they aren’t related. I bet our psychology class will make those older people’s day, and bring a smile on their faces.

Aging

My view on aging is that it is defiantly a life changing affect, and it is seen in our appearance. But ageing isn’t just about the change in hair color or the wrinkles on the face, but I think of ageing as having a huge affect on the mind. People say that “the older we get, the wiser we become.” While that is all true; there is a certain age where all the wisdom leaves our thoughts and our minds are going in reverse, as we get older. It becomes a point where the brain has to think hard on just remembering a name of a relative, but the brain will still remember the daily routine of the person’s day-to-day life.  I notice aging more that I’m in my 20’s and I have younger cousins and older cousins, and I see how ageing has a pattern of how we act at certain ages.

 For instance, at a young age up to middle school, kids are carefree and don’t have to worry about getting a job, responsibilities of life (besides doing chores around the house). At high school age, they become young adults and they are seeing people in different ways. Young adults are having relationships and learning how to handle part time jobs and taking one step at a time at becomes an adult. From college age, they become adults, and their mind is set on a track to getting things done, but still having time to have some fun. The older you get, the more you learn that not everything comes easy as it was when we are younger, and that we have to work hard to get the things we want, or to get to where we want to be, in order to have a good steady future. Then down the road, the aging that a dramatic affect in our appearance, mind and health, becomes a big factor for anyone getting older, and sometimes you need someone to always help you with simple tasks that you can not do anymore. Sometimes I don’t like to think about ageing because there is always a sad ending, but what I can say about ageing is to learn from your mistakes you might have made in the past, so that you are ready for whatever life throws at you in the future. And above all, just enjoy life to the fullest.

Gladwell's Qoute

March 29, 2011

I agree with Gladwell’s quote, I have always viewed things that way. Not everyone should view things the same way. If we did, then there would be nothing special or different about it to other people and we would have nothing to talk about, or debate about.  I know that at a young age I could see things different from other people. For example, when I go to the movies and see an animated film. My family or my friends will think that it was a good movie and it made them laugh (not a waste of money). To me, I see an animated film as something that’s mind-blowing and magical. To think that those characters and details of the environment were done by people and are able to make their characters move and sing, to me, that is something special. At the end of the film I will be all excited about how great the movie was and how it captured me, where as whoever saw the movie with me would say “it was good” and won’t have as many details to explain why, compared to me.

This also applies to the art world and to the artist. As artist, it’s fun to express ourselves and show the world how we see or view a topic or subject. But the real task is making sure that the viewers understand what it is you are expressing and there is something that they can identify with (to make it easier on their part). Sometimes you will find others, who view things in the same lens as you do, but it’s nice to change lenses once in a while, that way you are not forced to see things in the same way. Basically, always be open to see thing in not only your lens, but other people’s lenses and from different angels.