In my work I ask the question – where is the line between loneliness and self-sufficiency?
There is an opinion that self-sufficiency should be seen as positive loneliness. A study titled the BBC Loneliness Experiment, in cooperation with the Wellcome Collection, surveyed how people relax. It says that the five most popular types of recreational activity are related to loneliness – not in the sense of the feeling, but when a person is alone. The megalopolis is buzzing and against this background, we are looking for time alone with ourselves. The abundance of information and constant contact with other people whom we did not choose to interact with (in public transport or at work) pushes citizens towards strategies of self-sufficiency.
Night is traditionally seen as personal time that society does not claim. Thus, a nightly game of chess with oneself becomes a hymn to self-sufficiency.
