“My Process of Aging booklets were written at crucial stages very 15 years (when i was 35, 50, and 65), but I decided to write my fourth and fifth sequels after becoming 70 and 75 because I have been aging faster and faster — and the speedier process justifies more frequent reports.”

With her advanced age Tacha’s observations become more acute and meticulous, remarking that “the more I think about it, the more I realize that aging has to do with increased awareness.”

From our exhibition Athena Tacha, The Complete Bookworks 1970 to Present: “Tacha’s accordion-fold pocket books are “meditations on a particular aspect of life, describing ordinary acts and phenomena such as scratching dandruff from the scalp, considering which groceries to buy in the supermarket, or the appearance of wrinkles with age. Tacha’s reflections bring to light the broader implications of these seemingly commonplace events, making allusions to the ecological, sociological, and political impacts of our personal choices and emotions and visa versa. Just as often, Tacha’s reflections stay within the intimate scope of the act or object described and leave the reader to draw their own conclusions.”