Song of a bird

Which category do we humans belong to? Birds of a flock, or, the lion of a den? Singular or plural? Part of a herd or lonely hermit? What about party animals? Does it depend on the degree of one’s evolution? Or, ability to make choices! Ability to tolerate!
Crowd or solitude!
Normal is being in crowd, in company. What is normal? Opposite of abnormal. And abnormal is opposite of normal. A catch twenty two. Horns of a dilemma. What do people want? In loneliness- company, in company- loneliness!
Creative minds prefer solitude that allows them to get into their
own groove. From deep solitude erupt fountains of inspired strokes, colours, forms, notes and words that help others cope with loneliness of a crowd. For crowds, some create bill- boards, graffiti, slogans and rock shows. Their creation too requires an amazing quality of concentration. A long stretch of loneliness.
One thrives on inspired living. Inspiration could come from a distance, from solitude, from within. We may hate to be alone, in aloneness alone the best that we have inside, comes forth. In aloneness the most exciting discoveries take place. The most amazing accomplishments ( Abhinav Bindra is a recent example)!
Somehow crowds fail to drop connotations of Gujrati women running away with loot during riots, Gujjars breaking rail tracks and now chest beating women of Jammu and vituperative long nosed Kashmiris from my mind. Why do crowds bring out the animal in nice people?
And why, despite its amazing beauty and power, we detest loneliness?

When a single bird sings, it makes the sky reverberate.

picture: flickr/ autumn loneliness/ manu le manu