A tender poem doubles as a guide to sitting comfortably in one’s own company
There is a you
telling you another story of you.
Listen to her.
The Irish writer and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama’s poem ‘How to Be Alone’
(also styled as ‘How to Belong Be Alone’) packages some
practical advice for approaching life – in moments and over the decades – into
some very eloquent stanzas. This animated treatment, which sees Ó Tuama
narrating and the animator Leo G Franchi providing visuals, uses a cool colour
palette and a style emulating a collage of paper cut-outs to draw out the
poem’s gentle and tactile qualities. The resulting short is a brief yet
powerful reminder of how to find comfort in one’s own company.
Illustrator and Animator: Leo G Franchi
Writer: Pádraig Ó Tuama
Website: The On
Being Project
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