ON AN ISLAND MAN
We all enjoy peaceful time where you can just be by yourself, reading, and practicing mindfulness. Well this 79 year old man does this 24/7, as he lives on a small island off the coast of the US. For the past 29 years, Mauro Morandi has woken up on an island. It's a view that doesn't grow old -- and one Morandi doesn't share with a single soul. This 79-year-old lives alone on the beautiful Isle of Budelli in the Maddalena. He's called this slice of paradise his own since 1989, when he departed his home in an attempt to quit modern society and start anew.
After years of living in solitude, in recent years Morandi has opened up his corner of the world, taking striking photographs of Budelli's landscapes and wildlife and showcasing them on social media. Now, Morandi is as much of a draw for summer visitors as Budelli's famous rose-colored sandy beach, La Spiaggia Rosa, but his quiet life remains almost unchanged since he first docked on the shores of this destination. "I was a protester in '68. Then I stopped engaging in politics because I realized I was not made for armed conflict, I hate weapons," he says.
"You're able to tell my mood..." Morandi reflects. "I started thinking about leaving a society that does not take the individual into account, but thinks only of power and money."
He now lives there in oblation, and this relates to US History in the past, due to the feelings of isolationism post World War I, but on a less vital scale, as this man is just using that practice of not being involved, on a daily basis in his personal life.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/isle-of-budelli-mauro-morandi/index.html
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