I have been thinking about the problems of growing old vs. dying young vs. growing old without taking care of the time given to live old. While working in this subject I came up with older people in their 70s to 90s who cherish their pasts and still enjoy life; their time that they're still living. They're not giving up their minds to their decaying bodies, they don't let their minds to break into despair, but embrace it with knowledge that the youth does not know yet.
I was also thinking how our society idolises the youth and forgets the old–just because they are not soft skinned and as fit as they used to be. The notion of waste is within these norms of society–one loses its vitality and place from what they used to be part of.
I then stumbled upon a style blog Advanced Style that is curated by Ari Seth Cohen. He takes photographs of older people who dress up stylish and creatively; they take care of their time, rather than give in to the notion of not being able to do things that they could do before.
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