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by rantywoman
As testament to my hunger to find at least one intriguing figure from my past who has remained both vital and childless, I spent a good chunk of my day googling the filmmaker I admired so many years ago (two decades, in fact, but who’s counting?).
The thing that has cheered me the most is that not only did she move to a major, global city (albeit on the opposite coast) at the same late age I made that leap, but she didn’t begin co-producing films until her early forties, and she didn’t put out films she’d directed herself (not one, but two thus far) until her mid-forties. She has received a fair amount of press and acclaim for both.
I loved discovering that her two decades in media and the arts didn’t begin to coalesce into her own major projects until she was in her forties. It appears, in fact, that she is just getting going.
Perhaps my fear that there’s nothing up ahead is a tad premature.
: )
Ranty I am sure there are lots of good things in your future. What helps me is to look at individuals who started creating in mid life. There are a lot of them. You’ve accomplished a lot in your life, no reason you can’t accomplish more.
Way too premature. I have a whole new list of artistic goals to strive for. I often think when we hit this age we have more clarity on what we want to accomplish.
I have a lot of goals left too. I thought it was because I was a “late bloomer” but maybe I would have had a lot regardless.