Elder Wisdom: finding the creative path
This collection of interviews is a pathfinder that will help all of us move toward elderhood in new and creative ways.
Mark Bromberg is a writer, editor, and publisher in Athens, Georgia. He selected material for and edited the poetry collection "Interbeing" [Eugene C. Bianchi, Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2021] and published the Athens Word of Mouth poetry anthology [Bellemede Books, 2015]. His work has appeared online and in print in New York, San Francisco, London, and elsewhere.
This collection of interviews is a pathfinder that will help all of us move toward elderhood in new and creative ways.
Here is a review of my 2017 collection. I called this third volume of poems “The Hum of It All” to indicate a unifying process in my life.
The carpenter bees of aging are helping me to experience the simplicity of God in every molecule of the universe. Saints and seers grasped this linkage more fully than I.
From Bob Ambrose’s review: “Gene Bianchi continues his spiritual exploration of aging through the medium of poetry … worldly concerns are evident, especially in the third section on Eco-Spirituality.”
“Aging as a Spiritual Journey” was my first major foray into the challenges and promise of growing older. This study encouraged all of us to engage in older life in newly creative ways.