A Noise Detox

If you've been following my blog, you may have read some of my posts about writing and depression. One of the things I talk about there, is that writing is a solitary activity that is part and parcel to a writer's ability to focus on what they're doing. As you know, depression can be caused by too much solitary activity. However, I've found that whatever angsty "thing" I just went through, it was caused by the precise opposite to that — too much connectivity.

For me, I need those moments of s...