Auden and Social Interaction

In Auden’s poems, “Musee des Beaux Arts” and “In Praise of Limestone” the audience is given a new perspective concerning social interaction.  In the first poem, the reader realizes that our selfish acts are normal for the average person since we believe we are already acting selfless.  Much to my surprise, I would have to agree that I am not aware of others most of the time, and that does indeed make me selfish.  Another way of analyzing life is to think of it in terms of the changes we experience because of social interaction, not the lack of. We were not created to be lonely creatures.  I feel that Auden agrees, but at the same time, he also knows that our differences keep us separated. When life puts everyone in different social situations, some are affected differently than others.  It should be our jobs as people to nurture those wounds or wins that others face daily.