news, sites, and pages of interest about hermits and solitude
A brief article in Londonist titled “The Sad Story Of The Hermit Of Dulwich,” about an 18th-century hermit Samuel Matthews. He became a hermit when he became a widower, and was described as eccentric and deranged.
URL: https://londonist.com/london/history/the-hermit-of-dulwich
Review article in Nippon.com on the status of Japanese hikikomori.
Brief article about a Filipino hermit Alejandro Abuan, who lived a wandering mountain existence from 1922 to 1937, seen dwelling in caves, befriended by a few people to whom he told his story. For a while he returned to work, then disappeared again.
A thoughtful Quartz article on the benefits of solitude centered on Hannah Arendt titled “Solitude is only a problem when it becomes loneliness.”
URL: https://qz.com/1026870/solitude-is-only-a-problem-when-it-becomes-loneliness/
In this Guardian profile aptly titled “‘Truly, madly, deeply alone’ – embracing solitude,” a British woman (Max Riddington) reflects on her choice to pursue solitude.
URL: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/13/solitude-moving-new-home-loneliness