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  1. any recommendations of essays or short stories that deal with #loneliness, #solitude, either self-imposed or forced upon a person?

    (i have collected a few full-length novels on the subject in my "to read" list, so i'm interested in recommendations for shorter-length stuff)

  2. The Patient Hour at Santa Cruz

    As I climbed up the rocks from the beach I spotted a lone fisherman in the distance. He hadn’t caught anything yet but in the bright sunshine I caught a nice silhouette. It was Santa Cruz in Portugal, and a lovely day to be beside the sea....

    inphotos.org/2026/05/11/the-pa

    #a8ctravel #AtlanticOcean #BlackAndWhite #CoastalPhotography #fisherman #monochrome #Photo #Photography #Portugal #SantaCruz #seascape #silhouette #solitude

  3. The Patient Hour at Santa Cruz

    As I climbed up the rocks from the beach I spotted a lone fisherman in the distance. He hadn't caught anything yet but in the bright sunshine I caught a nice silhouette. It was Santa Cruz in Portugal, and a lovely day to be beside the sea.

    inphotos.org/2026/05/11/the-pa

  4. At the Table in Thunder

    Here now, late at night, alone at the table, I draw to the sound of thunder and the rattle of rain against the windows.

    The house is dark except for this small pool of light. Outside, the world is being washed, struck, shaken. Inside, my hand moves slowly across the page, making marks no one has asked for, no one is waiting for, and yet somehow they feel necessary.

    The thunder speaks in a language older than words. The rain answers in thousands of small syllables. And I, with my pen, add my thin human line to the chorus.

    Perhaps this, too, is prayer: not asking, not explaining, not performing. Just being awake with the storm. Just making something while the night makes music. Just sitting at the table as the rain reminds me that the world is still alive, still trembling, still being drawn by a hand larger than mine.

    #artAsPrayer #ContemplativeArt #creativeReflection #Creativity #drawingPractice #lateNightDrawing #nightWriting #poeticProse #prayerAndCreativity #presence #quietHoliness #Rain #ReflectiveEssay #sacredImagination #sacredOrdinary #Solitude #SpiritualReflection #stormImagery #tableAsAltar #thunderstorm
  5. There are two ultimate fears, the annihilation of solitude and the annihilation of the crowd. We lose our identities if we are alone with no one to reflect us back on ourselves... or we lose our identities if we are in a mass of others; anonymous, corporate, overwhelmed by the babble.
    -- Ian McDonald

    #Wisdom #Quotes #IanMcDonald #Crowds #Solitude

    #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

  6. Quote of the day, 8 May: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

    “Virgo fidelis”: that is, Faithful Virgin, “who kept all these things in her heart.” [Lk. 2:19] She remained so little, so recollected in God’s presence, in the seclusion of the temple, that she drew down upon herself the delight of the Holy Trinity: “Because He has looked upon the lowliness of His servant, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed!” [Lk. 1:48]

    The Father, bending down to this beautiful creature, who was so unaware of her own beauty, willed that she be the Mother in time of Him whose Father He is in eternity.

    Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

    Heaven in Faith, 39

    Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2014, I Have Found God, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity Volume 1: Major spiritual writings, translated from the French by Kane, A, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

    Featured image: The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (detail), Pierre Mignard (French, 1612–1695), oil on canvas, 1635. Image credit: Private collection / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

    #beauty #blessed #BlessedTrinity #BlessedVirginMary #creator #creature #eternity #faithful #generations #God #heart #HeavenlyFather #HolyTrinity #littleness #lowliness #MotherOfGod #motherhood #prayer #presence #recollection #secluded #seclusion #secret #servant #solitude #StElizabethOfTheTrinity #temple #virgin #VirginMary #VirgoFidelis
  7. A quotation from Edward Morgan

    A book is the only place I know in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear that it will go off in your face. It is one of the few sources of information left that is served up without the silent black noise of a headline, the doomy hullabaloo of a commercial. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man’s mind can get both provocation and privacy.

    Edward P. Morgan (1910-1993) American journalist
    Essay (1955-08-15), “The Literary Bug Doesn’t Bite,” ABC Radio

    More about this quote: wist.info/morgan-edward/72251/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #edwardmorgan #edwardpmorgan #book #commercial #consideration #contemplation #ideas #literature #message #reading #solitude

  8. 🎬🤦‍♂️ Ah, the thrill of watching a #blockbuster hit... all alone in a cavernous #AMC #theater. Thanks to this *groundbreaking* site, you too can revel in the #existential #dread of #solitude at the #movies. But hey, at least you won't have to fight anyone for the #armrest. 🍿👻
    walzr.com/empty-screenings #HackerNews #ngated

  9. A lot of people think I’m unhappy because I’m quiet. I'm not unhappy - I just appreciate silence in a world that never stops talking…

    #norway #solitude #introverted #wandering #nature #sea

  10. The first silence I experienced wasn't quiet.

    When I stopped speaking, what rose up was everything I'd been drowning out.

    Have you ever sat with real silence, not just quiet but the kind that reveals what you've been avoiding?

    Read more

    medium.com/@clarainsweden/what

    #silenceretreat #meditation #himalayas
    #mindfulness #contemplativepractice #innerwork
    #spiritualpractice #yogaphilosophy #solitude

  11. Aimez-vous les moment de solitude et de calme?
    Vous en profitez pour faire quoi ?

    Cindy Cinnamon Photographie
    www.CindyCinnamon.com
    Rollei B35
    Kodacolor 200
    Quebec Canada

    #RolleiB35 #Kodacolor #Kodak #Heron #Silence #Solitude #Rollei #Photographe #Argentique #HeyLomography #35mm #ColorNegative #ClassicFilm #Kodacolor200 #ColorFilm #ISO200 #Quebec #Canada

  12. Aimez-vous les moment de solitude et de calme?
    Vous en profitez pour faire quoi ?

    Cindy Cinnamon Photographie
    www.CindyCinnamon.com
    Rollei B35
    Kodacolor 200
    Quebec Canada

    #RolleiB35 #Kodacolor #Kodak #Heron #Silence #Solitude #Rollei #Photographe #Argentique #HeyLomography #35mm #ColorNegative #ClassicFilm #Kodacolor200 #ColorFilm #ISO200 #Quebec #Canada

  13. Eldritch Tales - PERSONNE ne viendra frapper à votre porte : l'HORREUR du #Kodokushi

    14 min.

    Une superbe vidéo d'une créatrice de contenus encore peu connue sur YouTube mais qui gagne à l'être.

    J'ai longtemps vécu la solitude chosie / l'isolement subi. Notamment lorsque je vivais sur Amiens. J'ai en réalité vécu un enfer personnel. J'étais perdu•e. La #dépression, la #bipolarité, le #TDAH non-diagnostiqué ainsi que le #TAG (trouble anxieux généralisé) en ont été la cause.

    Maintenant je me suis pris•e en main. Tout va mieux. 🙏🫂🕊️

    youtu.be/eAw_FliTSQc

    #Solitude #SolitudeChoisie #Isolement #IsolementSubi #ExclusionSociale #SyndromeDeDiogène #Capitalisme

  14. Bonsoir le #Fediverse !

    Vu les temps qui courent, je pense que vous partager le podcast pour lequel j'ai été interviewé•e (avril 2021) est utile voire de salut public (ok j'en rajoute peut-être... 🤫🤭)

    «J’avais perdu le lien avec la réalité» : Nicolas, 29 ans, raconte la spirale du complotisme.

    PODCAST. Pendant cinq ans, ce jeune lillois a sombré très profondément dans la mouvance conspirationniste. Il témoigne anonymement dans Code source de ses années d’enfermement et de sa reconstruction.

    leparisien.fr/podcasts/code-so

    #Complotisme #Conspirationnisme #Négationnisme #Antisémitisme #Reconstruction #TravailSurSoi #Dépression #Solitude

  15. Bonsoir le #Fediverse !

    Vu les temps qui courent, je pense que vous partager le podcast pour lequel j'ai été interviewé•e (avril 2021) est utile voire de salut public (ok j'en rajoute peut-être... 🤫🤭)

    «J’avais perdu le lien avec la réalité» : Nicolas, 29 ans, raconte la spirale du complotisme.

    PODCAST. Pendant cinq ans, ce jeune lillois a sombré très profondément dans la mouvance conspirationniste. Il témoigne anonymement dans Code source de ses années d’enfermement et de sa reconstruction.

    leparisien.fr/podcasts/code-so

    #Complotisme #Conspirationnisme #Négationnisme #Antisémitisme #Reconstruction #TravailSurSoi #Dépression #Solitude

  16. Bonsoir le #Fediverse !

    Vu les temps qui courent, je pense que vous partager le podcast pour lequel j'ai été interviewé•e (avril 2021) est utile voire de salut public (ok j'en rajoute peut-être... 🤫🤭)

    «J’avais perdu le lien avec la réalité» : Nicolas, 29 ans, raconte la spirale du complotisme.

    PODCAST. Pendant cinq ans, ce jeune lillois a sombré très profondément dans la mouvance conspirationniste. Il témoigne anonymement dans Code source de ses années d’enfermement et de sa reconstruction.

    leparisien.fr/podcasts/code-so

    #Complotisme #Conspirationnisme #Négationnisme #Antisémitisme #Reconstruction #TravailSurSoi #Dépression #Solitude

  17. Bonsoir le #Fediverse !

    Vu les temps qui courent, je pense que vous partager le podcast pour lequel j'ai été interviewé•e (avril 2021) est utile voire de salut public (ok j'en rajoute peut-être... 🤫🤭)

    «J’avais perdu le lien avec la réalité» : Nicolas, 29 ans, raconte la spirale du complotisme.

    PODCAST. Pendant cinq ans, ce jeune lillois a sombré très profondément dans la mouvance conspirationniste. Il témoigne anonymement dans Code source de ses années d’enfermement et de sa reconstruction.

    leparisien.fr/podcasts/code-so

    #Complotisme #Conspirationnisme #Négationnisme #Antisémitisme #Reconstruction #TravailSurSoi #Dépression #Solitude

  18. Bonsoir le #Fediverse !

    Vu les temps qui courent, je pense que vous partager le podcast pour lequel j'ai été interviewé•e (avril 2021) est utile voire de salut public (ok j'en rajoute peut-être... 🤫🤭)

    «J’avais perdu le lien avec la réalité» : Nicolas, 29 ans, raconte la spirale du complotisme.

    PODCAST. Pendant cinq ans, ce jeune lillois a sombré très profondément dans la mouvance conspirationniste. Il témoigne anonymement dans Code source de ses années d’enfermement et de sa reconstruction.

    leparisien.fr/podcasts/code-so

    #Complotisme #Conspirationnisme #Négationnisme #Antisémitisme #Reconstruction #TravailSurSoi #Dépression #Solitude

  19. #Arorangi Beach is almost completely deserted. If you want to enjoy #solitude on a white sand beach with wonderful #turquoise waters in #Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, then this is your place. backpackandsnorkel.com/Raroton

  20. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit "Silence, it appears, is not the opposite of sound, It is another world altogether" Sale: $18 to $1.99 by Michael Finkel Rating: 4.4/5 (10,812 Reviews) #Solitude #Nature #Survival #Nonfiction #TrueStory #Hermit #BookSky

    The Stranger in the Woods: The...

  21. CW: Nudité frontale

    Le #lien me fait peur autant qu'il me fascine. J'en ai besoin pour vivre.

    Plus il me fait peur, plus il m'appelle.

    Il réveille en moi des choses que je ne veux pas voir. C'est pas l'autre que j'évite, c'est moi-même.

    --
    #photographe⁩ amateur cherche modèles en quête d'exploration du lien.
    #nudeart⁩ ⁨#conscience #solitude
    #alsace⁩ ⁨#strasbourg⁩ ⁨#colmar

  22. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    A man by himself is in bad company.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 262 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82543/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #beingalone #feedback #perspective #self #solitude

  23. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Even the acquisition of knowledge is often much facilitated by the advantages of society: he that never compares his notions with those of others, readily acquiesces in his first thoughts, and very seldom discovers the objections which may be raised against his opinions; he, therefore, often thinks himself in possession of truth, when he is only fondling an errour long since exploded. He that has neither companions nor rivals in his studies, will always applaud his own progress, and think highly of his performances, because he knows not that others have equalled or excelled him. And I am afraid it may be added, that the student who withdraws himself from the world, will soon feel that ardour extinguished which praise or emulation had enkindled, and take the advantage of secrecy to sleep, rather than to labour.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1754-01-19), The Adventurer, No. 126

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/81496…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #study #studygroup #argument #collaboration #company #debate #education #error #interaction #isolation #learning #motivation #realitycheck #selfcongratulations #selfcontrol #selfcorrection #selfcriticism #selfdeception #selfdelusion #selfeducation #selfmotivation #selfpolicing #selfpraising #selfrationalization #selfrighteousness #selfsufficiency #society #solitude #truth