Lovecraft and Isolation

I believe some of Lovecrsfts characters live in a type of intellectual isolation. It's a prison they put themselves into by accident. It's something a lot of intelligent people do. The best example would be Elon Musk. He's an intelligent man but he's detatched from people. He has this ability to turn people off with his crass attitude. I'm sure he's on the spectrum but social interaction takes practice. But why should he? His mind thinks so differently that there's no one to understand him. That's It's own kind of prison, one you unknowingly walk into. 

I have an uncle who's a genius when it comes to physics. But, when he's trying to explain things to a normal person, he uses the phrase "I'll have to use simpler words." Now, that might sound rude but he's so used to using words at a higher level that he's not used to, to coin a phrase, the common man's tongue. He's reached a level few can achieve and that mountain top is very lonely.

I think the same can be said for Lovecraft, he pursued knowledge at the cost of social interaction. Not that he didn't have friends but it's obvious where he put in his time. Lovecraft's character, Joseph Curwen from the story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward," spent his life uncovering dark secrets which has left him isolated. True, his pursuits are macrebe,  but even if they weren't he'd still be alone. And if you don't have people, all you have left is your studies. There's a sad beauty to those who understand something few can comprehend. The isolation mixed with this joy of discovery. 

Let's turn the light on me. I've studied the King in Yellow for about a year. I know things and ideas few people seem to know how to understand. I've tried explaining it but the process is long and grows every day. This knowledge has confined me and even more so with its difficulty to explain it. To simplify it would disservice the work I put in. It's like a secret garden. It looks amazing but no one knows the effort I put into it.

Imagine you know something that would be great to share but hard to explain. You know the cure to a disease or a scientific discovery but to explain it would be frustrating. Maybe it's because you don't fully understand it yourself.