The aging process and hormonal changes have affected my hair in an unexpected way: I lived five decades with fine, straight hair, and then as I moved through my fifties into my sixties, my hair began to wave, then curl. I also went from a light brown ("dirty blonde" in childhood) to a mix of silver and white starting from the front, including a white streak above the middle of my forehead. The surprising thing about that was that I had always had the same hair color and texture as my father, but once this change began, the graying pattern and texture matched my mother's. I delight in this transformation and enjoy my totally natural highlights.
Love this hair journey you’ve described ! I too am waiting and watching eagerly to see how my hair changes as it ages. I am salt and peppering like my dad so far ! Fingers crossed for a white streak !!
The surrealist art in this newsletter rules. The one of the girls in the hallway with the sunflower I am obsessed with now! I appreciate this deeper consideration of hair. There’s a cool witchy lady on YouTube who does hair braiding magic, have you seen her? She’s called Journey of a Braid
Oooh thank you for this recommendation--Journey of a Braid sounds great. Aren’t these paintings magical? Dorothea Tanning is a favorite. I had the chance to see both of these in person a few years ago and *mind blown.* If you love her work, you might enjoy Leonora Carrington, Dora Maar, and Remedios Varo :)
Really interesting reading. I enjoy not only your present thoughts regarding the growth, re-growth , colour and changes which which might take place with our hair according to our our experiences, but the historical context too.
The aging process and hormonal changes have affected my hair in an unexpected way: I lived five decades with fine, straight hair, and then as I moved through my fifties into my sixties, my hair began to wave, then curl. I also went from a light brown ("dirty blonde" in childhood) to a mix of silver and white starting from the front, including a white streak above the middle of my forehead. The surprising thing about that was that I had always had the same hair color and texture as my father, but once this change began, the graying pattern and texture matched my mother's. I delight in this transformation and enjoy my totally natural highlights.
Love this hair journey you’ve described ! I too am waiting and watching eagerly to see how my hair changes as it ages. I am salt and peppering like my dad so far ! Fingers crossed for a white streak !!
The surrealist art in this newsletter rules. The one of the girls in the hallway with the sunflower I am obsessed with now! I appreciate this deeper consideration of hair. There’s a cool witchy lady on YouTube who does hair braiding magic, have you seen her? She’s called Journey of a Braid
Oooh thank you for this recommendation--Journey of a Braid sounds great. Aren’t these paintings magical? Dorothea Tanning is a favorite. I had the chance to see both of these in person a few years ago and *mind blown.* If you love her work, you might enjoy Leonora Carrington, Dora Maar, and Remedios Varo :)
Really interesting reading. I enjoy not only your present thoughts regarding the growth, re-growth , colour and changes which which might take place with our hair according to our our experiences, but the historical context too.
Kind regards Ruth
Thank you, Ruth ! I'm thrilled these thoughts on how our hair changes might be linked to historic ritual are resonating with you :)