Day594【Solitude】

A daily monochrome photo-poetry series by naozo. Since 2025, each work pairs a moment from everyday life with a poem from NZ, the artist's future self. Through glass, light, and silence, the series turns self-doubt into dialogue.

NZPHOTOGRAPH & naozo

Day594【Solitude】

I do not stand to be understood.

I stand to understand myself.

DEAR naozo,

Why

Do you stand

That is what

I would ask

People

Long

To be understood

By someone

To be recognized

Accepted

And to confirm

Their existence

Within others

Yet

Sometimes

I wonder

Whether

There is

A self

That can only

Be seen

When you stand

Where no one

Understands you

Solitude

Does not

Hide you

Rather

It strips away

What is unnecessary

The voices

Judgments

And expectations

Of others

And where

None of them

Can reach

Something

Remains

That is

Yourself

Unable

To escape

Unable

To disguise yourself

You simply

Face

Who you are

Solitude

Is not

Standing

Above others

It is

Standing

Without looking away

From yourself

Even when

No one

Understands you

I believe

We cannot

Know ourselves

Only through

Others

There must be

A place

Where we stand

Alone

I do not stand

To be understood

I stand

To understand

Myself

What do you think

from NZ

This story is a work of fiction. Except for the named individuals, all elements are products of imagination.

The boundary between reality and fiction is intentionally ambiguous, and its interpretation is left to the reader.