"In solitude we find ourselves; we prepare ourselves to come to conversation with something to say that is authentic, ours. If we can’t gather ourselves, we can’t recognize other people for who they are. If we are not content to be alone, we turn others into the people we need them to be. If we don’t know how to be alone, we’ll only know how to be lonely."
Read an article in The Times yesterday that resonated deeply with me. It also reminded me of a photo I had taken a short while ago while visiting the NGA with my dad. I hope it sparks something in you as it did in me.