A Pause for Beauty:
An artist’s journal.
New Original: Blue Heron Departing
Social Bonds Versus Life As A Loner
Journal Notes: Sunday, April 30, 2023.
A walk in the woods and saw a thousand trilliums. Some were there yesterday but today, this a trillium riot.
Then grocery shopping.
I’m moving back toward more vague, impressionistic images in my art. An artist whose work has been inspiring me lately: Isabelle Malmezat.
We’re watching “Chimp Empire” on Netflix.
The chimps that live a long and happy life seem to have a distinguishing characteristic: they’re good at relationships, at forming social bonds.
The sacred requires sacrifice. The sacrifice of the group life is compromise, overlooking the faults of others. The sacrifice of the loner is loneliness, and perhaps ultimately the will to live.
The loner though has perspective. The loner can often see truths that are not obvious, and not seen, by the group. The loner has a perspective on the emerging reality.
Of course, nothing is black and white in this. Loners generally have some social bonds, and well-connected members of the group have some independent perspective.
Still, we need both.
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