I'm finding I'm not getting ENOUGH solitude these days. A couple hours driving alone, or wandering solo outside, every couple days isn't enough. I need a few days (weeks? months?) straight of glorious, disconnected SOLITUDE. I think I'm getting a little brain rattled. If that makes me taciturn and gloomy, then so be it. 😏
I came to suggest you read May Sarton's "Journal of a Solitude," but I see another commenter beat me to it! This sentence, in particular, made me think of Sarton: "She writes about it all with precision, wit, egotism, and too much fervor and detail at times." Am intrigued by the Koller book - must put it on the too long list.
Jan 25, 2023·edited Jan 25, 2023Liked by Freya Rohn
“Solitude allows us to ask questions, to accept the pause with grace, to figure out and know that there are parts of our lives that are not stones, that are not subject to the forces of erosion and the directions society pushes us to.” I love this idea the most. To be able to confide in solitude with oneself the most against the tide of the world that puts so much more importance on human connection and dismisses the other connections that we share with the abundant nature surrounding us. I am ready to declare that one cannot be alone as long as they have the ever expanding horizons within their gaze and a space they share with at least one living being. I remember Maria Papova's analysis of May Sarton’s work on importance of solitude, you will love it : https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/10/17/may-sarton-journal-of-a-solitude-depression/
I'm finding I'm not getting ENOUGH solitude these days. A couple hours driving alone, or wandering solo outside, every couple days isn't enough. I need a few days (weeks? months?) straight of glorious, disconnected SOLITUDE. I think I'm getting a little brain rattled. If that makes me taciturn and gloomy, then so be it. 😏
I came to suggest you read May Sarton's "Journal of a Solitude," but I see another commenter beat me to it! This sentence, in particular, made me think of Sarton: "She writes about it all with precision, wit, egotism, and too much fervor and detail at times." Am intrigued by the Koller book - must put it on the too long list.
“Solitude allows us to ask questions, to accept the pause with grace, to figure out and know that there are parts of our lives that are not stones, that are not subject to the forces of erosion and the directions society pushes us to.” I love this idea the most. To be able to confide in solitude with oneself the most against the tide of the world that puts so much more importance on human connection and dismisses the other connections that we share with the abundant nature surrounding us. I am ready to declare that one cannot be alone as long as they have the ever expanding horizons within their gaze and a space they share with at least one living being. I remember Maria Papova's analysis of May Sarton’s work on importance of solitude, you will love it : https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/10/17/may-sarton-journal-of-a-solitude-depression/