Anti Aging - The Secrets of the Abkhazians

New post (219): Anti Aging - The Secrets of the Abkhazians

The lifestyle and traditions of 4 societies are worthy of study & emulation:
Abkhazia in South Russia, Vilcabamba in South America, Hunza in Central Asia, and Okinawa in Japan.
Those communities are known to produce people who live amazingly well beyond the 100 year mark.
The secret is really no secret.
People in those societies live well and continue to grow even at old age. Interestingly, aside from a balanced diet and daily exercise, the significance of --- strong personal bonds has been singled out.
One of the keys to people’s long life is --- the quality of relationships they are able to build.
There is strong medical evidence that links a person’s healthy interactions with others with his lifespan. Beware, because, loneliness can make you look and feel old early.
Among the popular regions that are believed to host the healthiest and happiest elder population, Abkhazia in the Caucasus, Southern Russia stands out.
The facts presented show off how the elders in those cultures aged in beauty. They are happy and cheerful and charming and healthy.
Old age has long been feared. It is not merely about the years that add up to one's age but the effects of it to one’s physical, mental, and emotional well being.
There are two ways to age: aging happily and aging sadly. Your choice will reflect how well you will enjoy the process.
Yes, the power to choose between aging gracefully and aging miserably is in your hands. It cannot be stressed enough that you need to make the choice early in life to enjoy the full benefits in the long run.
There is a powerful link between environment and health, culture and vitality and how they are significant to the aging process.

We can improve not just our lifespan but --- more importantly, our health span.

Charlie Brown

Frying pan art

New post (218): Frying pan art

I refer here not to the Food kind of art that is created in the frying pan.

Rather to what one artist saw at the bottom of well used and scrapped frying pans.

Take a good look at the bottom of any well used frying in your own home.

When a well used frying pan’s scratched, scrapped, burnt up bottom, is photographed on a black background …the image is one of – a celestial body suspended in the darkness of nightly space.

What differentiates an artist from most of us is the ability to see beyond the mundane.

After being exposed to his works, I have begun looking at objects lying around the home with a curious eye.

The images could well be placed in a scientific journal and one could not tell the difference between them and the real.

One man’s scrap is another man’s art.

Charlie Brown