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November 28, 2007 |Permalink |Comments (2)
I Own This Book
And I like it...
Award-winning photographer Jerry Friedman is an inspiring and inspired seeker of truth and meaning. And he found wisdom and spirit through his four-year journey around the world – meeting, photographing and talking with the 62 oldest people on earth.
Folks call these oldest old [over 110 years of age] Supercentenarians, and through his visits Friedman gained a deeper understanding of what the elderly in every culture have to offer. Jerry was inspired by the opportunity to improve the quality of life of the elderly, and has launched a program to teach children to recognize the wisdom and value of the elderly as positive and essential parts of our families and our society.
This is a great holiday gift. For information on the Earth Elders book and the foundation visit: http://earthseldersfoundation.org/
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This reminds of another book of photographs - "After Ninety" by Imogen Cunningham. She began work on this collection of portraits of those “after 90” when she was 92. If you own this book, I’m sure you like it. If not, I‘m sure you would.
I agree, Jerry Friedman's book is terrific. My understanding is that his journey to find the Supercentenarians meant more to him than he ever anticipated. Through the stories he heard, he became passionate about the need to change society's view on aging. Since he figured it was much harder to change adults, he developed the curriculum you mentioned for children. At a recent AAHSA conference, he brought many of these students on stage to show in music and dance what they had learned from the elderly they interviewed. In children, we can always see the possibilities of tomorrow. They were wonderful.