"Work. To be a solitary and not an individualist. Not concerned with mere perfecting of my own life . . . My solitude belongs to society and to God. Are these just words? Solitude for its special work, the deepening of thought and awareness."
Thomas Merton, Journal, 1960
Photo: Lodgepole Pine snag in the Ouzel Burn, with Mt. Copland in the background, Wild Basin, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; June 18, 2012
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