‘Map of solitudes’, by Juan Gómez Bárcena: islands, desires and a room of one’s own

Wrote Pascal that “Man’s unhappiness is based on only one thing: that he is incapable of staying alone in a room.” Loneliness is scary, but we also need it. There are imposed solitudes and desired solitudess: it is not the same as what Virginia claims…

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