Name?
You know me, everyone knows me.
Origin?
I appeared with man and his fears.
Which human type do you like the most?
I love crazy people and dreamers. I pass by them unnoticed...
Many young people today admit that one of their biggest fears is loneliness. Do you consider yourself scary?
Not at all. I think, I'm convinced in fact, that there is a confusion between loneliness and feeling alone. I find the other version more terrifying. A monk, for example, spends a large part of his life in solitude and yet rarely feels alone, abandoned. You can be surrounded by people all the time and feel alone, but you can also feel the other way around, right?
Which is your biggest fear?
These days, people have come to hate silence and have unlearned to listen to their own thoughts. They need something constantly in the background - a noise, a podcast, a cheap show with two politicians spreading lies, from the moment they wake up. But silence and I have been together since the beginning. We are inseparable. That's probably what I'm afraid of - the noise.
Which type of people avoid you with contempt?
Those who dislike themselves, for sure. Those who constantly criticize themselves, who are afraid of their thoughts - maybe because they are scary or maybe they are too vain, without consistency. I have long come to the conclusion that the people who avoid me are actually those who can't stand and avoid themselves.
Which type of thoughts do you like the most?
Hmmm.. the optimistic ones with a white lie in between. People love to convince themselves. That's also a method of survival.
Which is your favorite moment of the day?
I have two: late at night, close to midnight, when everyone remembers the embarrassing conversations of that day, the little moments when they smiled and when they start sketching out some imaginary scenarios about how a conversation they already had could have gone better. The second moment is at sunrise, around 5-6 in the morning. When few wake up, fewer take the time to put their heads out the window, but everyone organizes their affairs for the day, makes plans that they rarely keep, and then dreams. The dew and zest for life is most palpable at 6 in the morning…
Have you ever been confused with freedom?
For many, I am freedom..
Do you like to live in big cities?
Not really..there's no time for me.. Too much noise, too much hurry, too many false smiles.. Big cities are the territory of solitude.
We've known each other for a long time.. What would you say to me now, when we've become friends? What would you say to those who run away from you, just as I did once?
I will be here always, no matter how far you run. Not to hurt you, but to remind you who you are and to be your friend when everyone else is silent…
-AE
