The growing aging population has become a significant global issue in recent years, increasing the need for research that examines aging-related phenomena such as personal growth and development in later life. A major challenge in achieving this aim is the prevailing deficit perspective on aging, which is so pervasive that it often overshadows older adults' contributions to society and diminishes the opportunities encountered in older adulthood. Although perspectives on the nature of aging are gradually changing in a positive way, and the developments in medicine are improving health-related aspects of aging, it is still a worldwide challenge to eradicate negative stereotypes around aging. This article explores empirical perspectives on aging by analyzing diverse narratives gathered from open-ended interviews we conducted in Finland from 2019 to 2021. Focusing on their aging experiences and the value of a broad range of creative engagements and interventions that older adults have joined voluntarily, the study aims to provide a better understanding of personal perspectives of aging, the creative well-being of older adults, and the growing diversity of experiences within the older age group. Based on the findings of this study, we highlight the importance of promoting older adults' engagement in art-based interventions to enhance their creativity and well-being in later life, as well as fostering aging-friendly co-creative approaches in such interventions by involving the older adults themselves in the process.

近年来，人口老龄化已成为一个重大的全球问题，这增加了对与衰老相关的现象（例如个人成长和晚年发展）进行研究的需求。实现这一目标的一个主要挑战是对老龄化普遍存在的赤字观点，这种观点如此普遍，以至于常常掩盖了老年人对社会的贡献，并减少了老年人遇到的机会。尽管人们对衰老本质的看法正在逐渐向积极的方向转变，医学的发展正在改善与衰老相关的健康方面，但消除对衰老的负面刻板印象仍然是一个世界性的挑战。本文通过分析我们从 2019 年至 2021 年在芬兰进行的开放式访谈中收集的各种叙述，探讨了关于老龄化的实证观点。重点关注老年人的老龄化经历以及老年人自愿加入的广泛的创造性参与和干预措施的价值，该研究旨在更好地理解个人对老龄化的看法、老年人的创造性福祉以及老年人群体中日益多样化的经历。根据这项研究的结果，我们强调了促进老年人参与基于艺术的干预措施的重要性，以提高他们晚年生活的创造力和福祉，以及在此类干预措施中培养对老年人友好的共同创造方法让老年人自己参与到这个过程中。