There are innumerable tips on the internet on how to get rid of wrinkles. There are serums, cremes and lotions, thousands of so-called natural remedies such as applying lemon or apple juice to wrinkles and then, there are more extremes measures one can take ranging from the less intrusive Botox injections to face lifts that take 6 weeks to recover from. All of these solutions assume wrinkles can be prevented, stopped or reversed. The world of cosmetics is proclaiming loud and clear that having wrinkles is a problem to be fixed at all cost. Gone are the days when having wrinkles was a sign of maturity or of an age worthy of respect. But are wrinkles the real issue? Is the fight really just about wrinkles or does it go much deeper? The obsession with eternal youth has to do, I think, with the desire to reverse the clock and beat the passage of time to hold off the inevitable: namely DEATH. It is not just the world of cosmetics that is trying to put a stopper on ...
A pessimist's pursuit of joy