there is pleasure in the pathless woods meaning

He mentions it as being a way of bitter suffering. Hermann Hesse put it well in the excerpt below from his book, Reflections. But knowing that I will soon be back on my island where the only conversation taking place is in myself. My regular life has me out in the world, interacting with people on a regular basis. I have my own little island of solitude here in my studio but I am not isolated. Of course, this is not a practical matter for most of us. It is in these conversations that we come to better understand that we are both small and large, insignificant yet integral. The lap and roar of the sea becomes language as does the light of the sun and moon as it sifts through clouds above. Alone on a shore, one can begin to hear and converse with nature. The lines above from Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage express this feeling well. A freedom that allows one to experience clear glimpses of our connection with all being. But for myself, it represents a total freedom of the self, one that allows one’s absolute truth to emerge. Some people might look at this painting with a little discomfort, seeing in it isolation and loneliness. I don’t know if solitude is for everybody. This painting is titled Solitude’s Rapture. The show,my 20th solo effort at the Alexandria gallery, is titled Redtree: New Growth and opens on June 7. This another new painting, coming in at 24″ by 24″ on canvas, that is headed to the Principle Gallery for my annual solo show there. ― Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage I love not man the less, but Nature more” “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,

There is pleasure in the pathless woods meaning