The Icing...
I recently received a sad Facebook text from an ex-student. He was feeling as though his creative spirit were being crushed by a society that no longer seems to prize its artists. He was feeling lonely. I advised him that an artist's life can indeed be lonely, and yet I explained the difference between being lonely and being alone. Loneliness is usually a sad feeling of melancholy, and artists often feel it, especially when we are hoping for others to understand our work, and
