«It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personnal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true that, in some instances,trauma, in the shape of early separation, has streered thepotencially creative person toward developping aspects of his personality which can find fulfillment in comparative isolation, but this not mean that solitary, creative pursuits are themselves pathological....Avoidance behavior is a response designed to protect the infant from behavioural disorganization. If we tranfer this concept to adult life, we can see that an avoidant infant might very well developp into a person whos principalneed wasn ot entirely, or even chiefly, dependant upon interpersonal relationships.»
solitude a return to the self
Labels: books, into the wild, thinking about my own urge to always isolating myself
posted by O'sailor @ 9:59 PM
