Browsing All posts tagged under »loneliness«

To Be Seen

February 16, 2013

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2 Lunchbreaks There is a big difference between popularity and being seen. One requires many people, the other only requires one. ‘Safety Not Guaranteed‘ is essentially a movie about two people moving through life unnoticed. Both are loners, possessing neither the beauty or personality required by the world for popularity, but like all of us […]

Hyperborean Cargo

July 15, 2012

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3 Lunchbreaks Many of the great historical writers and philosophers (such as Pindar, Virgil, and Cicero) wrote of a place called Hyperborea. An “unknown land” (terra incognita) at the back of the North Wind. A place where people lived lives of complete happiness for one thousand years. The legend told that – whether by sea […]

Sounds of Silence

March 11, 2012

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1 x Lunchbreak Almost 50 years ago, Simon & Garfunkel wrote a prophetic folk song called “Sounds of Silence”. They had a vision softly creeping.  A vision of a future where technology shone brightly and was embraced by ten thousand people, maybe more. But it was a future dominated by loneliness and darkness, because people […]

Objects of Loneliness

November 30, 2011

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1 Night The Lonely Tree You alone find the strength When others around are gone Summer heat and Winter cold To endure and stand alone The Lonely Jetty A place of loss and longing Left behind is your concern The pain of letting someone go And aching for their return The Lonely Window Rain stained […]

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