How to be Alone

Watching/listening to How to be Alone just reminded me of the vast distance between being alone and loneliness; between silence and emptiness.

In the “endless quest for company” and incessant strivings to fill up the empty spaces between words, it’s easy to forget how happy I can be when all is still, and I’m completely content spending time not among others, not mucking around online and not thinking about work or school or plans and next steps. It’s almost easier not to be alone and to be absorbed by the noise and busyness, but I think making the effort to cross the distance from everyday chaos into quiet and alone can be incredibly rewarding.

Lonely is a freedom that breathes easy and weightless

And lonely is healing if you make it…

…Cos if you’re happy in your head, then solitude is blessed

Cos noise doesn’t mean company and busyness doesn’t mean fulfillment. Great spoken word, gorgeous little video. What a happy little reminder =)

For more on the poet, Tanya Davis, visit her site. And more on the filmmaker Andrea Dorfman here.

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