An interesting phenomenon is happening today, that might have not have had a chance to exist a few decades ago. Even though technology has given us unprecedented means of connecting with one another, we have become so individualised that many of us have closed-up to any real interactions with other people.

Especially the creative, artistic type I believe have built bubbles of their own worlds — maybe because we are more adept at creating such worlds or maybe because we have no other choices but to do so, considering that many of us feel that the real, outside world of today has gone astray from some of the basic ideals we strive for.

Now some find other likeminded people, be it online or in their local area, and create groups who share the common interests and ideas of the fellow creatives, but a lot of us don’t. Be it because of the predispositions with which creatives approach the world or  just because we feel more at home in our own bubbles. The fact of the matter looks to me, as though we are so particular in our personal interests, our tastes and dreams, that it is sometimes hard for any one of us to find really likeminded people, with who we could share our views of the world.

Maybe it’s just me — I always was more individualistic, rather than ever really being part of a bigger tribe — but as I can only write from within myself, I believe there are others who feel the same. Now my question is, if this is a good or a bad thing; not being part of a team, a group, a club forces us to establish our own ideals, our own goals and beliefs — sometimes that’s a good thing, because we aren’t part of the common ideology, but sometimes we can loose track of reality and slowly start to wander a lonely path, blinded by our solitude to the fact that just beside us are people, walking in a similar direction. And all we’d have to do is turn around and say hello.