Inspiring

August 14, 2018

90-Year-Old Photographer Continues to Delight the World with Amusing Self Portraits

You’re never too old to discover your passions—just ask Kimiko Nishimoto. At 72 years young, she picked up a camera, and her life hasn’t been the same since. She’s now 90 years old and still delights people across the globe with her quirky self-portrait photography. Her images turn the ordinary world into a much more whimsical place. Nishimoto’s growing portfolio features many light-hearted images of herself in fantastical situations.

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July 26, 2018

This Woman Has Been Anonymously Funding Female Artists for 22 Years

For the last 22 years, an unknown contributor has been donating $25,000 grants to hundreds of female artists as part of a program called Anonymous Was a Woman. The project was developed to give artists over the age of 40 financial aid in order help them realize their creative careers. A total of 220 deserving artists have benefited so far, with grants totaling a staggering $5.5 million.

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June 22, 2018

This Amazing 8-Year-Old Girl Is Being Called a “Drumming Prodigy”

Artists of all ages can share their work with the world thanks to social media. Through platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, creatives young and old are able to find fame, whether a preteen painter, a technologically talented grandma, or an 8-year-old “drumming prodigy” like Yoyoka Soma. Soma started playing the drums when she was just two years old.

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June 12, 2018

France Is Building an “Alzheimer’s Village” for Patients to Live in Freely

In southwestern France, a revolutionary project is underway to build a facility that allows Alzheimer's patients to live comfortably. The Village Landais Alzheimer in Dax will be a space where those with Alzheimer's will live freely, without medication, in an enclosed enclave designed to mirror the freedom they enjoyed while maintaining safety. The project was inspired by a similar site in the Netherlands, which spurred then-local MP Henri Emmanuelli to take up the cause.

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