Mindful

<n>Connect to the Earth</n> illustration for <n>Live The Process</n>.

A handwritten quote on an Ace of Hearts card. Photo by <n>Monika Mogi</n>.

A still from <n>Robert Eggers</n>'s film <n>The Lighthouse</n> (2019) starring <n>Willem Dafoe</n> and <n>Robert Pattinson</n>.

A still from <n>Akira Kurosawa</n>'s 1985 film, <n>Ran</n>.

Album art for <n>Halsey</n>'s <n>Manic: …Or Are You Normal EP</n>.

<n>In the Mood for Love</n> (2011), a lightbox artwork by artist <n>Clare Samuel</n>.

A frozen <n>St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse</n> on Lake Michigan in 2014. Photo by <n>Thomas Zakowski</n>.

A still of actor <n>Takashi Shimura</n> in <n>Akira Kurosawa</n>'s 1950 film, <n>Rashomon</n>.

Model <n>Alice Cooper</n> wears <n>Valentino</n> for <n>The Greatest Magazine</n>, photographed by <n>Mark Shearwood</n>.

The painting <n>Bound</n> by artist <n>Whyn Lewis</n>.

Mural by <n>We're Not Really Strangers</n>.

Crimean Tatar girl with traditional braids, 2018. Photo by <n>Khalinur</n>.

A still from the 1995 film <n>Underground</n> by director <n>Emir Kusturica</n>.

The painting <n>Hairline Cracks</n> by artist <n>Adam Hall</n>, featured in the film 'Leave the World Behind'.

A "You Don't Have To Be Perfect To Be Loved" sticker from <n>LoversLand</n>.

A still from the 1968 film <n>Shame</n>, directed by <n>Ingmar Bergman</n>.

In solitude, we learn to allow things to grow slowly and gently. To feel cradled in the quiet; to feel whole as you are. Marilynne Robinson once said, “I grew up with the confidence that the greatest privilege was to be alone and have all the time you wanted. That is the cream of existence.”