Edward Hopper is most known for his paintings on isolation. Some appreciate'Nighthawks' because it starkly shows the loneliness that comes with urbanization (and I would include some forms of technology), while others dislike it for precisely the same reason. What can we learn about the hopes of the four figures within the diner? No one looks at the other. But do they want to look? Do they wish to speak with the stranger next to them, or would they rather stay lost in their own thoughts? To put it shortly, is it a scene of loneliness or chosen solitude?
That brings me to another question. Is it natural to be isolated? What if we lived more closely to nature and less in artifice?
Dreams are broken and destroyed, but, by our very nature, we always come up with new dreams. Perhaps that is one connector: everyone dreams. No matter how broken we become under the weight of life, we continue to trudge through each day, waiting, working, wishing for the fulfillment of our desires.
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