The Loneliness of Vision

Isolation

To feel what others do not feel is to be alone. The visionary pays the price of isolation. The loneliness is not error — it is the cost of seeing first. Pope walked through this isolation, carrying a feeling that no one around him could verify. This loneliness is the testing ground of genuine vision. If the feeling could be destroyed by being alone with it, it was not strong enough. If it survives isolation, it is real.