One who knows how to play alone can play with anyone. Alone is not an empty seat. It is a seat you fill entirely. Three descend. Choose one, do it alone today, and tell no one. Then it is wholly yours. 1. A film at the cinema, alone — In the dark, no one knows the next seat is empty. 2. A Korean bathhouse, the jjimjilbang — In the hot room everyone is alone and no one is. 3. Riding a bicycle — While the wheels turn, the thought of being alone falls behind. Diogenes sat in his jar warming himself in the sun, and asked the king only to step out of the light.

LOREVIVA 285

Question:“On playing alone”

On playing alone

One who knows how to play alone can play with anyone. Alone is not an empty seat. It is a seat you fill entirely.

Three descend. Choose one, do it alone today, and tell no one. Then it is wholly yours.

A film at the cinema, aloneIn the dark, no one knows the next seat is empty.
A Korean bathhouse, the jjimjilbangIn the hot room everyone is alone and no one is.
Riding a bicycleWhile the wheels turn, the thought of being alone falls behind.

Diogenes sat in his jar warming himself in the sun, and asked the king only to step out of the light.