The Fifth Season: Creativity in the Second Half of Life

Now in his seventies, poet and philosopher Mark Nepo explores the rhythms of aging in the second half of life.

As the years go by, the question for each of us becomes more and more real: What does it mean to age? Despite the limitations that come as the body wears down, Mark Nepo believes that there are many gifts to inhabit by aging. So much is gained and so much is shed along the way.

As Mark began to reflect on the gifts and challenges of this process we’re all immersed in, he realized,...