“It’s not ‘natural’ to speak well, eloquently, in an interesting articulate way. People living in groups, families, communes say little—have few verbal means. Eloquence—thinking in words—is a byproduct of solitude, deracination, a heightened painful individuality.”

— Susan Sontag, 1976, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals & Notebooks 1964 - 1980

Photography: Jean Moral, Solitude, 1926