I guess to me stillness has many forms and layers. It is like time – the moment can mean eternity and in reverse. I too seek stillness amidst the busyness of every day. And I too need a day to recover after a day of events and meetings and volumes of interactions. But also I noticed that at times I do not need that much of loneliness, I just as you pointed out need a moment of stillness. To me I noticed the quality of that stillness is really what matters. And frankly it doesn’t have to be still at all. It’s the affect and the richness of the experience that goes deep inside and reaches the very depth of your soul. Whether it is a 10 minutes walk to the shore and getting lost in the sound of waves or simply the little voice of your daughter in car’s hands free as you are going 60 miles an hour on a highway – you know it has the same affect! Your time stops and you disappear in stillness, and there suddenly you see, you hear noise-free-of-the-world-around-you the most important thing! The most important realization! The most valuable “it”! The creativity is merely the search for “it” stripping all the noise. I don’t think you physically need to be still or lonely to find the stillness, nah-ah. It’s not about that. Because you can zone out painting the best work of art among the most noise and distraction when you see “it”, when you know the most important thing that matters!