2023 Symposium On Aging
In Darkness and in Light | March 9-10, 2023

Registration is Closed. 

“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness:  touch, taste, smell your way into the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis, all moments are key moments and life itself is grace.”
Frederick Buechner

Saint John’s On The Lake invites aging services professionals, concerned members of the community and older adults to attend the 2023 Symposium on Aging: In Darkness and in Light: Embracing Change with Resilience, Intention and Hope. The Symposium is an opportunity to share ideas, research outcomes and lessons learned to strengthen resilience and celebrate aging. Register in whole or in part for this two-day, no-cost event and earn Continuing Education Hours (CEHs). 

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM VISUAL ART   Chasing Fireflies  by Leah Mansee-Fitts The original art by...

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM VISUAL ART


 

Chasing Fireflies  by Leah Mansee-Fitts

The original art by Leah Mansee-Fitts seems to embrace the 2023 Symposium theme “In Darkness and In Light – Embracing Change with Resilience, Intention and Hope.” The fireflies are beacons of hope in darkness. They represent Saint John’s goal for the Symposium:  To increase awareness of intellectual, spiritual and emotional issues that our elders encounter.

With the artist’s permission, Chasing Fireflies was used in a series that visually moves the viewer from a black and white image, to two with subtle color, to a fourth that is full color – depicting the journey of moving from Darkness into the Light.