In her book, "Keep It Moving" she sings the praises and lives by her words of encouraging if not prodding people who are slowing down to get up and move. Her point is not to give in to the whole dang, inconvenient, sometimes obnoxious reminder of the aging process. Change does not need to stop us from making things happen in positive, life enhancing simple ways.
Tharp is a sassy, saucy sort, confident as a mighty lion. Her 83 years are full of exuberance and energy, art and a passion for everything beautiful, bold, brazen and beastly. I am inspired constantly by people who refuse to rust away, give in to the body and mind's lackluster prospective on the matter of how we move through the years. Not to give up on ourselves, our creativity our sense of wonder and curiosity about life, people and everything that makes us glisten at any age.
