"#Social #Cocooning" - the "new #desire for #solitude" or "#cultivated #aloneness"
It is apparently this new desire, at the more or less freely selected #loneliness, as cultivated being #alone, the so-called "Social Cocooning" as new #future #trend. This current "#Zeitgeist #phenomenon" I would like to go for given cause therefore once in the following essay in the context of a social-theoretical analysis on the trace.
More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/12/24/social-cocooning/
"It's no good trying to get rid of your own aloneness. You've got to stick to it all your life. Only at times, at times, the gap will be filled in. At times! But you have to wait for the times. Accept your own aloneness and stick to it, all your life. And then accept the times when the gap is filled in, when they come. But they've got to come. You can't force them."
D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
Good morning, 
15 April 2024
How can people not feel that the world revolves around them? Because in a sense it does, doesn't it? We are all alone in our bodies and everything and everyone else is outside. Hmmm ... at least most of us, I've read about some people who have company, or at least think they do. Here's another thought, in my dreams, I'm usually not alone, there are other people in the dreams. In the waking hours though, we can only interact with other people and things through our senses. Some people, and animals for that matter, for some reason start to feel as if they are part of us, and when they are torn away from us, it feels as if we are losing part of ourselves. Our lives go on.
“What do you most value in your friends?
Their continued existence.” - Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #morning #turtle, #death #aloneness
Why Americans Suddenly Stopped #HangingOut. Too much #aloneness is creating a crisis of #social fitness. #introverts #communications #friendship #conversations #sociology #socializing #solitude #anxiety #aloneness #socialmedia #technology [read free] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/america-decline-hanging-out/677451/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pO9zhOG4POcuzMIlrvALFZw
This weekend is going to be A LOT for so many of us. Whether that’s a lot of people and plans or a lot of #aloneness and perhaps feelings of #loneliness, Christmas can be overwhelming.
Whatever this weekend looks like for you, I hope you’re able to prepare with some #selfcare.
I’ll be practicing #mindfulness and meditative moments wherever I can find them over the next few days.
Have you tried #mindfuleating, #walkingmeditation or, my favorite, watching a pot of water boil?
