The Consciousness Question

Nature, nurture, and the hundred billion neurons in between

by Graham Collier

Solitude and Quietness

By Graham Collier on January 12, 2012 in The Consciousness Question

I was about six, when one day our elementary school teacher gave the class a copy of William Wordsworth's poem "The Daffodils." It had been an easy poem to learn: seductive alliterative rhythms conjuring mental images of remote mountains and lakes, and initiating a hitherto unsuspected and compelling attraction in myself to the solitary wanderings expressed by Wordsworth. Read More

I wandered lonely as a CLOUD

Submitted by Anonymous on January 12, 2012 - 1:00pm.

I wandered lonely as a CLOUD

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Solitude does not equate to

Submitted by Anonymous on January 12, 2012 - 3:05pm.

Solitude does not equate to lonely! Sorry you missed the point entirely. :(

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Solitude does not equate to

Submitted by Anonymous on January 12, 2012 - 3:14pm.

Solitude does not equate to lonely! Sorry you missed the point entirely. :(

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I think it is reasonably

Submitted by Beyers on January 13, 2012 - 12:08am.

I think it is reasonably clear from the context of the poem that Wordsworth implied solitude. Somehow "I wondered in solitude as a cloud" does not have the same ring :-)

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Graham Collier, author of What The Hell Are The Neurons Up To?, is an exhibiting landscape and portrait artist in Britain, an artist-philosopher in America, and a frequent Antarctic voyager.

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