The art of the past is being mystified because a privileged minority is striving to invent a history which can retrospectively justify the role of the ruling classes.
Loneliness is a lifelong companion, an established fact. Instead of denying it, fighting it, and avoiding it needlessly, you’d better accept it, let it protect you from going home in the crowd, and let it accompany you to breakfast on Saturday morning and tidy up the sunshine.