TDL139 Embracing Solitude

Read the article here: http://www.adazing.com/embracing-solitude There’s something special about the quiet, isn’t there? Most people, craving the constant short-term gratification that worldly stimulation brings, run away from the silence of their own company as fast as possible. But we don’t, we run towards it. I didn’t always call myself a writer. Only in the last 12 months since penning my first serious piece of writing have I begun to do so. That short piece of work I called The Artist’s Manifesto. I always loved the peace of my own company, so the tag writer felt like a natural fit. Solitude has subsequently become essential to my sense of wellbeing and my creative process. If you are a writer, then maybe your’s too I guess. When I was a kid, I would come home from school and spend hours in my room alone, sitting on the bed smoking cigarettes out the cleverly positioned opening of the single glazed aluminium window, contemplating whatever came to mind. It was my way of esca --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sunday-letters/message