Earlier this year, Andrea and Tanya found themselves talking about making a follow-up to their 2010 film. In it, Davis’s musings explore the topic of loneliness. In 2010, filmmaker and artist Andrea Dorfman and musician and poet Tanya Davis created the audiovisual poem How to Be Alone, which soon became a viral hit. Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman (left) and poet Tanya Davis (right). While we all process loneliness differently, this is currently a collective experience shared across the world. With the hope that their moving work might help you cope with isolation, we want to present a unique and inspiring perspective from two Canadian artists who not only accept but embrace solitude. This web extra provides additional information related to an article titled, “Solitary Refinement,” which appeared in the June 2014 issue of Mindful magazine.Isolation can be daunting and overwhelming, especially when it extends over long periods of time or when it’s imposed upon us. Take silence and respect it.”īelow are some illustrated suggestions from the How to Be Alone, courtesy of Andrea Dorfman. “Just take the perspective you get from being one person alone in one head and feel the effects of it. “It doesn’t mean you aren’t connected,” writes Davis.
She tells Mindful: “Sitting down, seeing the thoughts come and watching them dissipate while not holding on to them has become a real tool for me.”ĭavis also has some suggestions for starting simply: go to the library, have dinner in a restaurant, take a stroll in the woods.
How To Be Alone-shared in both a YouTube video and an illustrated book by filmmaker and animator Andrea Dorfman-has received more than eight million online views.Īs a yoga practitioner and meditator, Davis has found a way to deal with feelings of loneliness.
She wrote a poem called How To Be Alone, full of tips on the many ways you can come to enjoy being by yourself.
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