{"id":20424,"date":"2025-11-13T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20424"},"modified":"2025-11-08T12:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T19:55:17","slug":"an-interesting-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20424","title":{"rendered":"An Interesting Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4337.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" data-attachment-id=\"20413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=20413\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4337.jpeg?fit=1500%2C1001&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1001\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1760437424&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0082644628099174&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4337\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4337.jpeg?fit=700%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4337.jpeg?resize=700%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20413\" style=\"width:523px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4337.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4337.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4337.jpeg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4337.jpeg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4337.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The number of people older than you never goes up\u2014 it only goes down.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A very though provoking sculpture in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hakone-oam.or.jp\/\">Hakone Open-Air Museum<\/a>. 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