221; men, and abouthow, since she started aging, men don’t notice her as much. Lessing also discusses deeper issues, like dying, anddifferent ways to look at it. She mentions how the mostreligious people are the ones who seem to be the mostfrightened of death and the concept of afterlife. Choreographer and teacher Anna Haplin was extremelypersonal in her interview. She talked about her battle withcancer, and how she sees it as a dividing line for her life. Before she was got cancer, she said, “I used my life in theservice of my art. After I had cancer, I began to use my artin the service of life.” Haplin discussed her brush withdeath, and the death of her mother, and how these had such astrong effect on her life’s work. They affected hermotivation, and her philosophies about life.Artist Ruth Asawa talked about her education, and how muchshe learned their from other people. She also discussed theinfluence of Imogen Cunningham, her role model. Asawa talkedabout how she learned simple things from Cunningham, but howthey had such a big impact on her. Asawa also talked abouther battle with a life-threatening disease, lupus. Shementioned how she kept a journal throughout her entire timespent in the hospital, and how her writings and drawings wereso intense during that time. She believed it to be due to themedication she was on. Asawa said of aging, “It’s never toolate, but don’t wait until it’s too late, because you won’thave the energy....If you can only get an hour at eleveno’clock at night, take it. But don’t wait until you will haveeight hours a day, because it might not come. Internationally known photographer, Inge Morath is anotherperson who was interviewed for On Women Turning 70. Morathlooks at aging through a more general viewpoint. She says, “I don’t mind getting older. You just have to.” She talksabout how, when you get older, you...
