This Exquisite Loneliness: What Loners, Outcasts and the Misunderstood Can Teach Us about Creativity

Even though loneliness is everywhere today, aggravated by political division and social fragmentation, it’s not a feeling we readily admit to. But what if we embraced it as something we can learn from. That could draw us closer to one another? In this conversation, Richard Deming will share ideas from his recent book This Exquisite Loneliness to explore how he and others have navigated this unwelcome feeling, and how we might use it to become more at home with our often unquiet selves.

Saturday, May 25, 2024, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 101, 63 High Street
Yale University
New Haven
New Haven CT 06520