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[grashupfer]

Something is happening to me. I think I may have passed from the aesthetic to the ethical stage of life. How old were you when this happened? At the same time, I'm feeling sad-- these tiny knives-under-the-rib of nostalgia for places and what I thought were permanent situations I knew as a child. Getting old. Reading Beloved again and also loving

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[proximoception]

Welcome to generativity vs. stagnation, according to E Erickson.

[grashupfer]

The train is on time then?

[proximoception]

Next week you'll be mayor of that town from Footloose.

[grashupfer]

You gotta have goals.

[sibyline]

We seem to be reaching that point at the same time. And how odd that this whole generativity concept is being bandied about just as my J introduced me to the concept a week ago.

[grashupfer]

That's a cool coincidence. What was that conversation all about if you don't mind me snooping?

[sibyline]

Oh wow this will probably the longest comment I've ever written

[grashupfer]

Thanks for this. This is interesting on so many levels I don't know where to start. I do hope you'll keep posting on this relationship. Your grappling with it produces some very thoughtful writing.

[ms_pooka]

i've been astounded by the changes i've felt in my 40s so far. i actually feel like i've passed some marker from youth to old age. a real, deep down fear-based knowledge of my own impending death and possible decrepitude.

[grashupfer]

Your youthful beauty has sure held up. Wow remember the old days when I flirted with you shamelessly?

[thelican]

Wow. Same here. It's not that the aesthetic is extinct, but the ethical has become prominent in a way it wasn't before. I think it was working at that morally questionable libertarian non-profit that did it for me.

[grashupfer]

Has it impacted your taste in movies and books and things you're interested in?

[thelican]

Yeah, most definitely. It's undoubtedly broadened my interests, especially since the novel I'm working on grew from that experience--so I'm always trying to deepen my knowledge of the perspectives of the sort of people I wouldn't have otherwise investigated.

What about you?