Came to the conclusion today that the world is at its most beautiful when I am a passive observer. People, the sight of people, distant conversations, eavesdropping, all things I can bear or even enjoy, but as soon as I am involved as an interlocuter or actor they lose their luster and sentimentality. Of course, there are ways in which I would like to act upon the world, but all of these are to be done in near total solitude.