Stunned by Time

When actors that you've known and loved since your youth start aging right in front of your eyes it reminds you that maybe you're aging and in constant denial of the absence of your youth and that maybe, just maybe, you probably don't look quite as spiffy as you used to, that maybe in fact if one were to do a compare of your features, your more prominent facial features against what you were when you started watching those actors to present day, there would also be a great somewhat noticeable change, if possible a demise in youthful radiance.

Every time I see a recent photo of Keanu Reeves I recall his look in a movie I just watched again recently - Point Break. He looked so... young. So precocious. I was so young and precocious when I first saw it. But alas, here we are both NOT so young or precocious - far from it actually.

Then, I also remember one of my other faves #RDJ - Robert Downey, Jr in movies like Chaplin and he was so young and brilliant (acting master class) and so was I when I saw it. I thought he was the most engaging charismatic actor of our time. He still is, but then, age.

The Rock aka Dwayne Johnson during his WWE days with that arched eyebrow and invigorating catchphrases prancing with such agility on the ring ropes with his clarion call of: "Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?"

Again here we are.

Gerard Butler in 300...

This list could go on.

What does this mean?

Age. How do we fight the effects of time? How do we win? Such an unmatched duel. So not fair.

Aging is inevitable. It's disconcerting and overall quite troubling.