Hermits around the web – Hermitary
news, sites, and pages of interest about hermits and solitude
Winter’s Watch (2017), a 14-minute 2017 film directed by Brian Bolster, presents a quiet portrait of nature, solitude — and the presence of one person on an island. From the website: “The quiet exuberance of wintering alone on an empty island off New England.”
Argentine media source Contexto reports on a Tucuman area cave hermit with the article title: “I want to die in this cave.” It is the cave in which Pedro Luca has resided for sixty years, completely isolated from civilization, and without electricity, running water, telephone, or other electronic device.
Notes the article: “Outside the maelstrom of the city, [Pedro] affirms that he lives ‘fifty thousand times calmer than anywhere else’ and lives with hundreds of animals that, according to him, are his faithful friends. ‘I want to die in this cave, and when I leave, they will realize that I am no longer here because they will not see me anymore,'”
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Eremitism has its parallels, including solitude and “intentional community.” This last is the context for Against the Tide, a 13-minute documentary film produced by Aeon Video.
From the website: (byline): “Living off-grid on a remote Scottish island is a mix of rejection and acceptance.” Text: “On the small Scottish island of Erraid, members of an off-the-grid community seek to live as close to nature as possible, pursuing a sustainable alternative to the consumerism of the outside world. This means days spent working the land and relying on one another. Against the Tide follows a woman named Gill who decided to upend her life after a relationship breakup, and ‘risk the unknown’ by moving to the island. Capturing the contemplative pace of life on Erraid, the Scotland-based filmmaker Giulia Candussi follows Gill as her six-month trial stay comes to a close, and she and her fellow community members decide if she’ll become a permanent resident.”
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Treehugger reports an interesting note from University of Oxford titled “Deer Become Less Social as They Grow Older.”
“As people age, their social circles may grow smaller. When time is limited, you may choose to spend it with only those you really like.
The same holds true for red deer, a new study finds.1
Researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh studied deer interactions to help understand what happens with age—even with humans. They found wild red deer become less sociable with age. Their companion network shrinks as they get older and they spend less time with others.
“Building a general understanding of how individuals change their social behavior as they age is useful for research across many different species, including humans,” study senior author Josh Firth, of the department of biology at Oxford University, tells Treehugger. …”
The conclusions of the report will resonate with older human readers!
URL: https://www.treehugger.com/deer-become-less-social-as-they-grow-older-same-6281664
One of the earliest Japanese novels was imported from China during the Tang dynasty.The novel, titled, You Xian Ku, is often translated as “A visit to the hermit’s grove,” its setting a secretive cave disovered by a passerby. The traditional translation cites the cave-dweller of the story as a hermit but in the sense of recluse, being a fairy. The genre of the novel is fantasy.