Wow! What a piece! I actually remember when this news came out. I was just a kid, and the image has remained with me for years. You raise several critical points. Our western culture essentially forbids negativity in any form, offers no privacy in terms of an online forum where you can be authentically "you", and fear and isolation from ones neighbor's as fewer and fewer people are able to afford homes and rental turnovers increase. I'm certain "real intimacy" is rarer than gold, more precious than any material possession. You can't earn it, buy it, find it, deserve it, or make it. It takes you ... all of you ... plus all of another soul. Agape, Eros, Caritas, Philia, Storge ... many kinds of love yet intimacy can not necessarily be assumed. Love this article!
Goodness Anna, you gave me loads to reflect on! "I'm certain 'real intimacy' is rarer than gold, more precious than any material possession." Absolutely. Given a choice between material wealth with no intimacy vs. the bare essentials with intimacy, I would readily choose the latter. Intimacy adds meaning and magic to the mundane; and transforms everything, including the individuals experiencing it.
I recently had a 7-hour Zoom call with a dear friend who lives overseas. I said it revived my soul; he said it was like receiving oxygen. You describe the intimacy we share accurately and beautifully when you say: "It takes you ... all of you ... plus all of another soul."
Wow! What a piece! I actually remember when this news came out. I was just a kid, and the image has remained with me for years. You raise several critical points. Our western culture essentially forbids negativity in any form, offers no privacy in terms of an online forum where you can be authentically "you", and fear and isolation from ones neighbor's as fewer and fewer people are able to afford homes and rental turnovers increase. I'm certain "real intimacy" is rarer than gold, more precious than any material possession. You can't earn it, buy it, find it, deserve it, or make it. It takes you ... all of you ... plus all of another soul. Agape, Eros, Caritas, Philia, Storge ... many kinds of love yet intimacy can not necessarily be assumed. Love this article!
Goodness Anna, you gave me loads to reflect on! "I'm certain 'real intimacy' is rarer than gold, more precious than any material possession." Absolutely. Given a choice between material wealth with no intimacy vs. the bare essentials with intimacy, I would readily choose the latter. Intimacy adds meaning and magic to the mundane; and transforms everything, including the individuals experiencing it.
I recently had a 7-hour Zoom call with a dear friend who lives overseas. I said it revived my soul; he said it was like receiving oxygen. You describe the intimacy we share accurately and beautifully when you say: "It takes you ... all of you ... plus all of another soul."