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Images => Critique => Topic started by: Viv on July 16, 2017, 10:39:32

Title: Solitude can be loneliness
Post by: Viv on July 16, 2017, 10:39:32
Three street shots from Luxembourg.
Title: Re: Solitude can be loneliness
Post by: Airy on July 16, 2017, 11:24:48
The acme of loneliness: in front of one's smartphone watching virtual people live (last shot). Like me right now.
Title: Re: Solitude can be loneliness
Post by: Airy on July 16, 2017, 11:25:56
... I dare say, one is less lonely with a book (pics 1 and 2)
Title: Re: Solitude can be loneliness
Post by: Jakov Minić on July 16, 2017, 12:24:28
Loneliness is a matter of perception.
You could be with someone and feel lonely or you could be all by yourself and not feel lonely :)
Title: Re: Solitude can be loneliness
Post by: Airy on July 16, 2017, 12:58:15
Precisely, and that's where books often are better companions. They generate less craving and leave more open to real encounters. Smartphone lead to ghost chasing. Fortunately, smartphones have built-in cameras, a better window to reality ;)
Title: Re: Solitude can be loneliness
Post by: tommiejeep on July 16, 2017, 14:06:31
Loneliness is a matter of perception.
You could be with someone and feel lonely or you could be all by yourself and not feel lonely :)
Yup  :)
The only time I crave Solitude is on long haul flights.  A good 'airplane' book often works to keep fellow passengers at bay but not always.
Tom
Title: Re: Solitude can be loneliness
Post by: Les Olson on July 19, 2017, 10:15:12
Given the theme of solitude/loneliness, the covers of Le Clezio's Tempete and Rufin's Le Collier Rouge in bright light in the second one are an especially nice touch and you might consider post-processing to emphasise them.
Title: Re: Solitude can be loneliness
Post by: brent_e on July 19, 2017, 16:34:37
Loneliness is a matter of perception.
You could be with someone and feel lonely or you could be all by yourself and not feel lonely :)

at least with the latter the company is potentially more desirable.  Or maybe not? 


thanks for the photos, Viv
Title: Re: Solitude can be loneliness
Post by: armando_m on July 19, 2017, 18:53:32
on the last image the man is using his mobile , maybe that keeps him company