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Colette's View: Autumn as a Beginning

The French writer Colette viewed autumn not as a decline but as a season of beginnings, a perspective she applied to life's later stages.

Colette challenged the perception of autumn as loss, arguing it represented a beginning. She described sensing autumn through subtle signs and smell, even as a child.

She noted that while nature's growth wanes by late June, autumn's presence is subtly signaled amidst summer's stability, with signs like bird calls or smells heralding its arrival.

Colette reflected on how early childhood memories and "figures of fantasy" shape future preferences.

She observed her mother's serene approach to the "autumn of her life," characterized by a "gaiety of those who have nothing more to lose."

Colette saw autumn as inspiring wisdom, prompting nature's unusual occurrences and a sense of renewal.

Her perspective reframes aging as a period of potential and new beginnings, rather than an inevitable decline.

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