As aging and death is inevitable and disease and functional decline will occur (for the most of us), late life creativity and potentials did not (necessarely) decline as other parts of our performance. Instead, there is high degree on adaptation to age associated physical changes that demonstrates not only plasticity but also the demographic dividend late age is able to give. In this presentation such examples are demonstrated by late paintings of aged artists (Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973), Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985), and Helene Schjerfbeck (1862 – 1946)) as well as artists suffering from diseases and functional limitations: depression (Salvador Dali 1904 – 1989), immobility (Henri Matisse 1869 – 1954), severe macula degeneration (Georgia O′Keeffe 1887–1986), vision impairment (Claude Monet 1840–1926), (neuro-)syphilis (Édouard Manet 1832–1883), rheumatoid arthritis (Alexej von Jawlensky 1864–1941, Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841–1919), and Alzheimer′s dementia (Willem de Kooning 1904–1997). The examples show that potential for creativity exists even in the presence of higk age, diseases, and functional decline and the the necessity for changing role models and our understanding of productivity and creativity by ourselves as well as in the society.
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