Robert Kull

Solitude

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Years after losing his lower right leg in a motorcycle crash, Robert Kull traveled to a remote island in Patagonia's coastal wilderness with equipment and supplies to live alone for a year. He sought to explore the effects of deep solitude on the body and mind and to find the spiritual answers he'd been seeking all his life. With only a cat and his thoughts as companions, he wrestled with inner storms while the wild forces of nature raged around him. The physical challenges were immense, but the struggles of mind and spirit pushed him even further.

Solitude: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes is the diary of Kull's tumultuous year. Chronicling a life distilled to its essence, Solitude is also a philosophical meditation on the tensions between nature and technology, isolation and society. With humor and brutal honesty, Kull explores the pain and longing we typically avoid in our frantically busy lives as well as the peace and wonder that arise once we strip away our distractions. He describes the enormous Patagonia wilderness with poetic attention, transporting the reader directly into both his inner and outer experiences.
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549 printed pages
Original publication
2010
Publication year
2010
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  • blakestephens1996has quoted9 years ago
    ’d wanted a life of physical activity and adventure
  • blakestephens1996has quoted9 years ago
    but rather than cling to what I’d lost, I focused on developing my mind instead
  • blakestephens1996has quoted9 years ago
    During the next four years, the inner light almost flickered out
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