James Ensor’s quotation inspired me to write a post about being lonely. The title is only part of the quote.
Do I feel lonely? No. I live with my beloved Kamilka. I possess my dear family and friends. The fact is that since I own much work with my broadly defined artistic activity, I do not have as much time for my family and friends, as I would like to have. Thus, when I read Ensor’s statement, I knew that I would use it in one of my posts. So what’s the full sentence of James Ensor’s quotation? Here you are, my Dear Friend:
Only isolated, lonely and great, composed, measured, and patient sufferers – will be great in art. The future belongs to lonely!
Did James Ensor was right? Speaking shortly: I do not know. Nevertheless, I feel that the need to be lonely during broadly defined artistic processes is crucial. Since I make tonnes of photographs, write texts, and manage my web site, I do not possess as much time as I would like to have for my friends. Creating art is an activity when we have to focus ultimately on something which still does not exist. Thus, meeting and talking with other people can make you less focused on creation. Is that mean that we cannot hang out with others? Of course not.
Every one of us is different. For every one works something else.
I had to reduce meeting with people, to be more creatively productive. Moreover, I gave up alcohol. I am a lucky abstainer. But, it does not mean that the same thing will work with you, my Dear Friend. Maybe you take incentives mainly from other people? If yes, then loneliness is not something which I would recommend to you. Does the future belong to lonely? I believe that the future belongs to both lonely people and sociable people. Nevertheless, I remember the words of Cher’s beautiful song:
Sooner or later, we all sleep alone.
It means that no matter if you are a worldwide famous artist or a pitty drunkard, every one of us, will end existence by being lonely, side by side with death.
