I recommend The Lonely City by Olivia Laing - a fantastic book: “There are so many things that art can't do. It can't bring the dead back to life, it can't mend arguments between friends, or cure AIDS, or halt the pace of climate change. All the same, it does have some extraordinary functions, some odd negotiating ability between people, including people who never meet and yet who infiltrate and enrich each other's lives. It does have a capacity to create intimacy; it does have a way of healing wounds, and better yet of making it apparent that not all wounds need healing and not all scars are ugly. “
I’m always wanting to write about loneliness/looking for art about the topic, so I appreciated this! I do think Mr. Robot is the most personified, visceral depiction of loneliness I’ve seen, which also makes it’s one of the most upsetting, haha.
"We are hard-wired for connection, and yet so much of the Western world is constructed in ways that fuel disconnection." Yesss thank you for writing about this!! Truly such an important topic for today's world. ♥️
I recommend The Lonely City by Olivia Laing - a fantastic book: “There are so many things that art can't do. It can't bring the dead back to life, it can't mend arguments between friends, or cure AIDS, or halt the pace of climate change. All the same, it does have some extraordinary functions, some odd negotiating ability between people, including people who never meet and yet who infiltrate and enrich each other's lives. It does have a capacity to create intimacy; it does have a way of healing wounds, and better yet of making it apparent that not all wounds need healing and not all scars are ugly. “
ugh I love this, thank you! need to pick this book up ASAP.
thanks for sharing your lonely times with us. xx
I’m always wanting to write about loneliness/looking for art about the topic, so I appreciated this! I do think Mr. Robot is the most personified, visceral depiction of loneliness I’ve seen, which also makes it’s one of the most upsetting, haha.
"We are hard-wired for connection, and yet so much of the Western world is constructed in ways that fuel disconnection." Yesss thank you for writing about this!! Truly such an important topic for today's world. ♥️