22/11/2009
Beauty and Aging
'Old things have a beauty that new things can never have. It is a beauty that has been earned.'
Ugly Beauty programme, now on BBC iplayer is well worth seeing. There are two particular parts of specific relevance the beauty of texture (33.45 in) talking about the beauty in aging, and then about life being change from 52.50 on.
'My fear is permanence, no change anymore, as .... permanence is death.' Tatsuo Miyajima
'Permanent change is what life is about.'
iplayer from 33.45 to 43.20 and 52.50 onwards