Solitude has become a topic of fascination in modern Western societies because we believe it is a lost art – often craved, yet so seldom found. It might seem as if we ought to walk away from society completely to find peaceful moments for ourselves.
Yet there is a quote I really like from the Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World (2017) by the Canadian journalist Michael Harris: I don’t want to run away from the world – I want to rediscover myself within it.
I want to know what happens if we again take doses of solitude from inside our crowded days, along our crowded streets. Steadily, slowly, research interest in solitude has been increasing.
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