Have you been to the Picasso exhibition at the Beyeler Museum in Riehen? If you look at the pictures and remember how Picasso developed, you can see it clearly: he learned the craft and developed a reduction from the variety of what he had learned. His later drawings, for example, are sometimes incredibly reduced. The viewer's eye does not care about missing lines. It sees the object. With this reduction, the artist creates a new, essential detail.

So what do these thoughts have to do with Seniors@Work?

People with a wealth of experience from their professional lives come to Seniors@Work. They first had to learn their trade in detail. With the learning effect came a reduction to the very essentials. The essence of the experience in dealing with the profession was made visible. And new developments, new details came to light. And here they are, the senior citizens who are happy to pass on what they have learned.

High levels of professionalism and knowledge are now available to anyone who is interested. It would be a shame not to use this know-how. Therefore, dear reader: in keeping with the motto "Do good and talk about it", we would be delighted if you would spread the word that seniors@work exists!

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