Hans Hofmeester filmed his daughter Lotte once a week for the past twelve years. Then he edited snippets of film together to produce this time-lapse video of her growing from a baby into lovely 12-year-old, in under 3 minutes.
For us, GROWING is the operative word. Once you get past 40 or 50, aging often becomes something of conceptual downer, with images of life being half over, on a downward slope toward…the end. This video reminds us that aging is about growing, learning, understanding, revelation, fulfillment…and always: possibility.
via Kottke
Related posts: three keys to a long life
messages from the future, written in the past
role model: lucien freud, 82, painting
advanced style: doing your thing at any age
the dalai lama on $$, loss, “failure”
This is lovely, and the father/photographer has the privilege of hearing all those thoughts spouting from her lips. Will she become a writer?
and, silly editor, I’m almost 60 and my life, perhaps because things were a bit rough in the beginning, just keeps getting better and better. There are things we cannot change (aging perhaps) but we can always make an attitude adjustment. I feel a lot like Lotte, filled with joy and amazement.
it’s really beautiful!
i found it amazing how something about her seems to remain unchanged, maybe an expression in her eyes .
There is something we take with us through all changes .
Greetings
sahana