The three ages of man , The four ages of Nicola Jayne
Sometime between 1512 and 1514 CE Titian painted
The Three Ages of Man which wikipedia tells us "The painting represents the artist’s conception of the life cycle. Childhood and manhood are synonymous with earthly love and death approaching old age are drawn realistically. "
The four ages of Nicola Jayne are about transition... no artwork sadly... I've remarked in the past that being a recently socially transitioned person can feel like being 4 ages at once...
those four ages 10 , 13/14 , 18/19 and whatever age you are ...
'whatever age you are' you have all the life experience you have, even if you spent most of it looking through the wrong lens...
18/19 - you are old enough to drink, you are old enough to go clubbing, you get compli-bitched about your legs, also you missed out when you were 18/19...
13/14 it's that whole second puberty thing and perfecting your make up ... (and for the trans ballerinas among us - pointes! though I've seen quite a few cisgender women whose inner 13 year old comes out of the shoe bag along with their toe pads and pointes ...)
10 it's looking at the world of being a grown up in your gender with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation, also stuff like being able to do your own hair ( if you've grown it out long) plaits, buns, french plaits ...
The Three Ages of Man which wikipedia tells us "The painting represents the artist’s conception of the life cycle. Childhood and manhood are synonymous with earthly love and death approaching old age are drawn realistically. "
The four ages of Nicola Jayne are about transition... no artwork sadly... I've remarked in the past that being a recently socially transitioned person can feel like being 4 ages at once...
those four ages 10 , 13/14 , 18/19 and whatever age you are ...
'whatever age you are' you have all the life experience you have, even if you spent most of it looking through the wrong lens...
18/19 - you are old enough to drink, you are old enough to go clubbing, you get compli-bitched about your legs, also you missed out when you were 18/19...
13/14 it's that whole second puberty thing and perfecting your make up ... (and for the trans ballerinas among us - pointes! though I've seen quite a few cisgender women whose inner 13 year old comes out of the shoe bag along with their toe pads and pointes ...)
10 it's looking at the world of being a grown up in your gender with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation, also stuff like being able to do your own hair ( if you've grown it out long) plaits, buns, french plaits ...
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