All would live long, but none would be old.
“Late children, early orphans.”
“Let us not weep for those who have gone away when their lives were at full bloom and beauty. Who are we that we should mourn them and wish them back? Life at its every stage is good, but who shall say whether those who die in the splendor of their prime are not fortunate to have known no abatement, no dulling of the flame by ash, no slow fading of life’s perfect flower.”
An ageing Cuban fisherman struggles with a giant marlin, testing his endurance, pride, skill and relationship with the natural world.
An examination of ageing, considering its physical limitations alongside the experience, judgement, perspective and forms of independence that later life can bring.