Fascinating.. solitude is where I have always found comfort..where I feel at peace with myself… often people feel you're antisocial, but far from it. People dasimate me and their thought patterns. To me solitude is, to be truely at home with yourself.
This is great. Learning to distinguish solitude from loneliness has been transformative for me. Stephen Batchelor writes beautifully about this in The Art of Solitude.
Hi Scott - Just a minor thing: the author of "Solitude" is Anthony Storr, not Anthony Starr. Love the book (and your article) and am a great (well, maybe not "great") proponent of solitude myself. Since being an empty-nester and widow, I live alone and can "drop in" to that place of serene "being" frequently. Thanks for a reminder. My next piece on my "From There To Here" on Substack will be "From Becoming to Being." If you're interested. Stay tuned.
You make an excellent point about being intentional about alone time. I find that an hour walking in the park> an hour scrolling on my phone for instance. And it’s striking how the quality of alone time determines whether you’re better or worse for it. Always enjoy all your writing and podcasts, Scott! ❤️
I cherish my time of solitude. I’m an artist. It takes a period of time to wrestle myself into “flow”, and if my solitude is interrupted by my loved ones, my phone, etc., I start the process over again. That’s the biggest challenge for me.
Fascinating.. solitude is where I have always found comfort..where I feel at peace with myself… often people feel you're antisocial, but far from it. People dasimate me and their thought patterns. To me solitude is, to be truely at home with yourself.
This is wonderful. For me solitudes and silence are like a warm comfy blanket- so self nourishing 🤗
This is great. Learning to distinguish solitude from loneliness has been transformative for me. Stephen Batchelor writes beautifully about this in The Art of Solitude.
Hi Scott - Just a minor thing: the author of "Solitude" is Anthony Storr, not Anthony Starr. Love the book (and your article) and am a great (well, maybe not "great") proponent of solitude myself. Since being an empty-nester and widow, I live alone and can "drop in" to that place of serene "being" frequently. Thanks for a reminder. My next piece on my "From There To Here" on Substack will be "From Becoming to Being." If you're interested. Stay tuned.
Fixed! I knew it was Storr. :)
I knew you knew!
You make an excellent point about being intentional about alone time. I find that an hour walking in the park> an hour scrolling on my phone for instance. And it’s striking how the quality of alone time determines whether you’re better or worse for it. Always enjoy all your writing and podcasts, Scott! ❤️
I cherish my time of solitude. I’m an artist. It takes a period of time to wrestle myself into “flow”, and if my solitude is interrupted by my loved ones, my phone, etc., I start the process over again. That’s the biggest challenge for me.