OLLI held a lecture, presented by Mickey Kleins - a 60 year old senior who has the fantastic opportunity to be an artist in residence for 6 months at IONA. Her work fills the Wellness Arts Center and the reception rooms as you enter within the building.
Mickey's presentation was ever so interesting. Her Art and Creativity seems to have developed alongside her visions of the world. Through constant travel with her husband. Watercolour, Acrylics and Photographs all respond to her emotions and visions of the world.
A 60 plus senior being an Artist in Residence - what an empowering experience! This should be developed across many Senior Service Facilities, both in the US and UK.
After Mickey finished her presentation, which lasted a good hour, i went and asked her a question which i had being dying to ask the whole way through.
My question was - 'Do you feel your Creativity has developed as you have become older?'
Mickey's response - 'Its having the time to be Creative now, i didn't used to have the time'.
So is having the time and trying out things that you never got chance to do, the same as 'Creative Aging?'
