Third, privacy promotes creativity. Beyond providing freedom from distractions and opportunities to concentrate, privacy also insulates the artist from ridicule and censure at early stages of groping and experimentation. Emily Dickinson wrote her poems in seclusion. Georgia O'Keefe retreated from New York City to the deserts of New Mexico to paint. Creativity requires that we be away from others, free from the inhibition of advice and comment.
Creative people spend a great deal of time alone.
Instead of seeking friends, counselors, or organizations, their intimate companion is solitude. Fourth, privacy is important to the development of our spiritual life. Privacy nurtures and protects something sacred inside us. Moses walked up the mountain to talk with God. Jesus walked into the wilderness to wrestle with temptation.