When I originally started exploring the idea of isolation and separation I tried to convey a positive idea. I wanted to show that being alone could be a great thing, and encourage others to spend more time with themselves. Recently I've been trying to show the other side. Being alone isn't as appealing to me now because my boyfriend recently moved eight hours away. I discovered that I need to clarify my concept of isolation by adding another word, longing, to the idea. In my work I'm trying to convey not only separation, but a longing to not be separated. To be a part of, close to, or share an experience with someone else.
Quotes:
“What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.”
"Weeks went by, then months. I am speaking of a far-away time - a vanished happiness. It fell to me to befriend, to console with whatever words I could find, one who had been the fairy, the princess, the mysterious love-dream of our adolescence - and it fell to me because my companion had fled. Of that period ... what can I say? I've kept a single image of that time, and it is already fading: the image of a lovely face grown thin and of two eyes whose lids slowly droop as they glance at me, as if her gaze was unable to dwell on anything but an inner world. "
Both quotes from Le Grand Meaulnes by Henri Alan-Fournier
Annotated Bib:
Le grand Meaulnes by Henri Alan-Fournier
Alan-Fournier is considered a classic French Novelist even though he only produced this one novel before being killed in War. The novel is about his longing for a lost world of delight, with the love of his life. There are many descriptions of the character's longing for his love.
Film still from production of Le Grand Meaulnes
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