loneliness, solitude and creativity in the new inquiry

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thoughts on what it means to live alone in the nyt

From the comments:

“Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportionate, the absurd and the forbidden.”

Thomas Mann (Death in Venice)

how much is just enough?

“People make this error, thinking that being alone means being lonely, and not being alone means being with other people…You need to be able to recharge on your own sometimes. Part of being able to connect is being available to other people, and no one can do that without a break.”

monpetithommedecarton: