May, 1944: The Inner Life

Anais Nin values the inner life, a place she says is like a photographer's darkroom, like a laboratory, but she says you can't stay there too long or you become solitary, neurotic. Her Diary gives her the opportunity to relive moments, to conserve memories, to record and interpret her life, but she is balanced by passionate living and intense activity. And that is the key - balancing the inner life with the outer life.