Sometimes i’d yell questions at the rocks and the trees, and across gorges, or yodel – “what is the meaning of the void?” the answer was perfect silence, so i knew.
no man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength – learning for instance, to eat when he’s hungry and sleep when he’s sleepy
Jack Kerouac
Lonesome traveller
Nelly And I 
I just watched ‘Into the Wild’ two nights ago. I’m not convinced by the whole solitude thing… Starvation and freezing? I’m okay just now, thanks.
he did say “no man…” – it’s the lack of that extra leg on the chromosome that leads to the genetic predisposition to enjoying filth, dirt and misery. that and fart noises too, it’s all darwinian.
Are you missing New Zealand again, Andy????
what do you mean “again”?
My mistake dude, there ain’t no curing those post Aotearoa whimsies for sure! …