Approaching Fifty

Age is a network. Age accumulates years into a number obviously. I am 20. I am 30. I am 40. But age is more than counting years. Age assembles a great deal of other items into that assigned number. Some cultures celebrate age at specific moments precisely for this reason: the bar mitzvah, the quinceanera, the confirmation, the circumcision, the anniversary. These moments occur at certain ages or time periods, but not entirely because of the numerical based event. What surrounds and what is within that event also counts toward the object called “age:” becoming a man or woman, joining the religion, fulfilling a promise, celebrating time. Humans age. So do other objects. Wine can be aged. Beer can be aged. Bourbon can be aged. Cheese can be aged. But they can’t be properly aged without other forces outside of their numerical position: space, temperature, initial condition, positioning, etc. The same is true with humans. All of this “other stuff” that generates an age is a network. <a href="https://drfabulous.medium.com/approaching-fifty-82cec6900891">Visit Now</a>