“Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.

I suppose what makes me most glad is that we all recognize each other in this metaphysical space of silence and happening, and get some sense, for a moment, that we are full of paradise without knowing it.” – Thomas Merton

For this short film, the film maker left his phone number on his blog and asked people to leave anonymous messages answering the question ‘What is loneliness?’ these were some of the answers.

How would you answer the question?