Everything is connected, and the universe is a vast web of connexion. Versions of this are by now so often repeated as to be cliché. Yet the opposite is also true. Every thing is separate, discrete and distinct otherwise it wouldn't be a thing. And what is it that compels each thing to retreat and settle into its own solitude – its own being – so that it may simply radiate into the world? It is a quality I call nobility. This is what solo practice develops. Without a practice of solitude you have little of real value to give.