http://www.lenscratch.com/2013/02/vera-saltzman.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
This post from Lenscratch creates an interesting link between old age and youth. The pictures are of mature or elderly women holding a childhood doll of theirs. We associate dolls with childhood and innocence, and old age with experience. The fact that each lady still has their childhood doll adds a level of nostalgia to the pictures, and reminds us that these older women were also once young children. In a way, they still are, as we don't become someone completely different as we mature. Rather, each version of ourselves is built on the experiences of our past. I noticed that there are no Barbies being held, so back a generation ago, the cult of thinness had not yet infiltrated the culture. What kind of dolls would the next generation be holding, and what would that say about our societies values?
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