You're right about 3D conversations providing more potential for full understanding. Alas, unless I sprout the wings of an exceptionally hearty albatross, I will probably be unable to visit in RL.
I can say that much of my degree of comfort with the physical signs of aging undoubtedly comes from the fact that I was raised not only by my mother, but by my maternal grandmother and grandfather. Among the first faces I recall that were filled with love toward me and my brother were lined, and the arms and hands that held me had the fragile, translucent skin of age. I remember touching the blue tracery of veins in my grandmother's hands and marveling at how soft the skin was. With so much love and so much care bestowed upon me by people of such age, it's probably no surprise that the look of age pushes very positive buttons for me.
Plus the fact that my maternal grandmother was a pretty amazing woman all by herself. And my grandfather, despite some hefty failings, was also amazing. Oh, the stories they both told me, and the care they lavished upon everyone around them!
And I can certainly understand how the force of someone's mind and personality can illuminate the vessel in which those things are seated. An engaged mind, a searching spirit, beautify any vessel in which they sit.
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Date: Sunday, 29 March 2015 10:53 pm (UTC)I can say that much of my degree of comfort with the physical signs of aging undoubtedly comes from the fact that I was raised not only by my mother, but by my maternal grandmother and grandfather. Among the first faces I recall that were filled with love toward me and my brother were lined, and the arms and hands that held me had the fragile, translucent skin of age. I remember touching the blue tracery of veins in my grandmother's hands and marveling at how soft the skin was. With so much love and so much care bestowed upon me by people of such age, it's probably no surprise that the look of age pushes very positive buttons for me.
Plus the fact that my maternal grandmother was a pretty amazing woman all by herself. And my grandfather, despite some hefty failings, was also amazing. Oh, the stories they both told me, and the care they lavished upon everyone around them!
And I can certainly understand how the force of someone's mind and personality can illuminate the vessel in which those things are seated. An engaged mind, a searching spirit, beautify any vessel in which they sit.