"Loners, if you catch them, are well worth the trouble. Not dulled by excess human contact, nor blasé . . . while jabbering about themselves, loners are curious, vigilant, full of surprises. They do not cling. Separate wherever they go, awake or asleep, they shimmer with the iridescence of hidden things seldom seen."
Anneli Rufus
Photo: Hallett Peak is reflected in a pool lying next to frozen Dream Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; November 4, 2013. Rufus' book, "Party of One," is a fascinating look at the people society calls "loners." She makes the interesting observation that - because creativity requires time spent in solitude - most of the elements of so-called "pop-culture" were ironically developed by people who most would consider "loners."
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