This fact certainly holds true for Ehrlich, who purposefully moved to Wyoming, which some have labeled as one of the least populated states, to get away from an urban existence of overly similar familiarities. This experience is the basis for "The Solace of Open Spaces," in which she plunges into a world of natural life and hardship primarily to deal with the death of a lover. However, by immersing herself in an experience that is wholly foreign to her and her previous form of existence, she is able to gain the much needed solace she was looking for, while also recovering her sense of self and her subjective perspective with which to view the world from afresh. This motif of escaping the literal, physical trappings of daily existence to enter into a new mind state in which to view one's self and regain one's subjectivity is evinced within Dillard's "Total Eclipse" as well. The author and her husband travel great lengths to view a total eclipse of the sun, and in doing so experience sensations -- such as the sudden, rapid overtaking of the cloud of darkness throughout the earth due to the eclipse that allows her, in hindsight, to gain a unique perspective on the totality of death and the infinite aspect of life's...

Whether Dillard was aware of this fact or not, she certainly took Percy's advice and did something out of the ordinary in a way that allowed her to regain her point of subjectivity on a subject of immense importance to her -- her husband's death.
To certain extent this same theme of engaging oneself in a different environment or in different surroundings is demonstrated within Shilts' "Talking Aids To Death." This particular piece of literature chronicles the author's newly found fame on various media circuits surrounding his education of the public about the realities and ills of the AIDS (during the epoch in which the disease was largely unknown to most people throughout the United States). However, Shilts' becomes somewhat disillusioned with these surroundings due to repeated encounters with an ignorance and traditional views of homosexuals, which lead him to believe that his work is actually not effective enough. In this instance, Percy's theory does not necessarily yield Shilts' the results which the latter would prefer. He is therefore able to recover his subject (which is the educating of people about AIDS)