Age is Powerful: A Message from the Director of Sage's Play
For much of my adult life, I have been an artist, educator, ardent champion of various worthy causes and someone engaged in the practice of contemplative and healing arts.
Sage’s Play is a natural response to my own aging process. Here’s an analogy. When I was 13, my mother informed me that I would be visited every month by The Curse. I knew immediately that I had no intention of having a cursed experience each month as part of being female. I envisioned something more pleasant, and that is what I had.
I find it much the same with aging, which is all too often viewed as a dreadful disease in medicine, media, the workplace and even in the minds of some older adults. Noxious stereotypes and prejudice about aging are widespread. Ageism is the last unchallenged social prejudice. With millions of people aging all over the planet, it’s time for a new paradigm on aging.
It seems inevitable that a more positive paradigm on aging will arise. In that spirit, Sage’s Play’s programs promote creativity, inspiration, rejuvenation and inquiry. We acknowledge the profound value of both meaningful outer engagement and the inner life of imagination and spirit.
The years after 50 represent a valuable stage of life full of opportunities for personal growth, social contribution and fresh learning. As Oliver Wendell Holmes once noted, “Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.” (I believe he meant women, too.)
Thanks for your curiosity about Sage’s Play and creative aging. I invite you to learn more about our Programs.
Gaea Yudron