Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work

I asked him if he really understood that strange dichotomy of being alone but still belonging—of true belonging

“Being able to say ‘this is who I am’ when everything else feels uncertain, flimsy, prone to dissolution, may be the greatest comfort we have. Is anything more seductive, more empowering?/ To be alive is to subject oneself to the reality of being permeable/ so, while I welcome the pleasure of those moments when I feel like myself, I don’t think I w