No man is an island entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were;
any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls;
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls;
it tolls for thee.
(No man is an island, John Donne)
borrowed words from the quasi-cliche john donne.
thinking about proximity vs. distance. about friends and lovers. about loneliness and isolation. and intimacy. about contradictions. about being clumsy, being human and trying but definitely not achieving it, for the moment. about hopefully getting somewhere where i'll be comfortable within my own self, my own body.
