Artful Aging年岁在长创造力不减英语美文

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ArtfulAging年岁在长创造力不减英语美文 ByKarenSpringenandSamSeibert Don’teverassumeyourbestworkisbehindyou. Creativityoftenpeaksinourlateryears. OnhisdeskattheUniversityofKentucky,Prof.David Snowdondisplaysanartistictreasure:aceramicsculpture ofSantaClausperchedatopaJohnDeeretractor.The artist,SisterEstherBoor,gaveittohimbeforeherdeath inxx.At107,shewastheoldestparticipantinthe researchprojectSnowdondirects,theuniversity’s groundbreakingNumStudy.Sinceitsstartin1986,the programhasinvestigatedtherelationshipbetweenagingand Alzheimer’sdiseasebytrackingthehealthof678Roman Catholicnunsover70.SisterEsthertookupceramicsafter sheretiredat97.Snowdoncherishesherreplyonfirst beingaskedtojointheproject:“Shesaidshewastoo busytobeinastudyofoldpeople.” Snowdonstillisn’tsurewhatkeptSisterEstherso vibrantforsomanyyears.Butthesecretofherkindof sustainedcreativeenergyisanincreasinglyvaluableone. Peoplearelivinglongerlivesthaneverbefore.What mattersnowistomakethoseextrayearsmorefulfilling– anditcanbedone.Researcherswhoinvestigatelongevity arediscoveringthatoldagecanbeapeakperiodfor creativity.“Wealwaysthinkofwindingdowninoldage,”