A friend of Hermitary, Dr. Mara Adelman, conducts workshops and presentations about solitude at Seattle University (Washington State), where she is Associate Professor of Communications. Her courses include “Pedagogy of Solitude,” “Solitude for Everyday Life,” and “Restorative Solitude.”
URL: http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/mara/web/restorativesolitude/
Rauch on introversion
Thanks to a member of the Hermitary forum for pointing out a series of articles on introversion by writer Jonathan Rausch in the Atlantic Monthly. The title of the original March 2003 article is “Caring for Your Introvert: The Habits and Needs of a Little-understood Group” and drew more hits to the Atlantic website than any previous article. The article is short and addresses the basics, arguing that extroverts simply don’t understand what it is like to be an introvert. URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200303/rauch
Rauch was interviewed in the February 2006 issue of the magazine, under the title “Introverts of the World, Unite!” URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200602u/introverts. And in an April 2006 column titled “The Introversy Continues,” Rauch responded to reader feedback. URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200604u/introversy
Tenzin Palmo today
Tenzin Palmo, the British-born Buddhist nun who spent twelve years alone in a Himalayan cave (we reviewed her biography by Vicki Mackenzie some time ago) is described in a news item by the Philadelphia Inquirer when she visited that city on a tour promoting a religious women’s community. Here is the opening of the article:
What is the sound of a Buddhist nun sitting alone for 12 years in a Himalayan cave?
“Quiet,” Tenzin Palmo recalled last week.
“Never boring. And very beautiful.”
The phone line from Vancouver fell silent for a moment.
“I wasn’t planning to do 12 years,” she continued. “But it was the ideal place to practice” meditation. “So, I just stayed there.”
URL: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/
20070424_In_cave_no_more__Buddhist_nun_on_world_fund_tour.html.
“The Stigma of Solitude”
“The Stigma of Solitude” by Daniel Cline is a short reflective essay in The Bard Observer (from Bard College) that begins with an anecdote and then explores the concept of solitude in philosophy, society, and the popular mind. URL: http://observer.bard.edu/articles/opinions/182.
Freedom of solitude
A short, reflective essay entitled “The Freedom of Solitude” by Gerald May, late Senior Fellow in Contemplative Theology and Psychology at the Shalem ecumical community outside Washington, DC. Brought to our attention by a friend of Hermitary. URL: http://www.shalem.org/sn/16.3gm.html.