Thinking about the unfinished business that I have with the way I look today, I wondered if my women friends were going through the same thing. I wanted to see and feel how my sisters were feeling about all this as well, and maybe if we all had our portraits taken, and discuss how we are feeling, with even video taped discussions, we could all go through a form of catharsis, learning together something about ourselves, and maybe grow just a little more.So, “With a Little Help from my Friends”, I hope to give back to my women friends, taking part in this project, a joyful and significant way to remember who we were then, and pose these, and other questions; Are we really that different now? Sure, we have aged, and what about deep inside us? Do we still dream the same dreams? Are our basic fascinations with life so different? Do we still want the same things for ourselves and those close to us?We met and worked together in my home/studio, in small groups beginning with short one-on-one interviews and continuing with group discussions. Individual portraits were then taken where each participant chose her own style of clothes to wear, to reflect how she liked to dress back then, her favorite colors, fabrics and styles.I also incorporated in each portrait, an old picture that each participant brought of herself, from the 60s and 70s. This added an additional angle for the viewer to become a more integral part of the process, as we all look at aging in a multitude of different ways.The most interesting aspect of the project for me were the conversations after the video and portraits were taken.