Solitude in nature is different from solitude in a room — the room is empty, but nature is full, which means you are alone without being lonely. Nasreddin retreated to the hillside when the village became too much, not to escape but to replenish, returning with exactly enough distance to see the village clearly again. The examined solitude is not withdrawal; it is the recovery of a self that had become indistinguishable from its noise.
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