Photographs of "hermits" in Eastern Europe

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I appreciate the use of quotes in the title; I wonder what the overlap looks like in the Venn diagram consisting of hermitage, homelessness, mental illness, and rugged survivalists?

Sensitive souls, unwilling to inflict the many small harms required for daily survival. Unwilling to exclude, they find themselves excluded.

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I imagine that Alaska has quite a few people like this.

When I was a kid I wanted to be a hermit.

I have to admit the idea is still appealing today.

The genius of Chris Morris, probably one of my favourite, had this feeling so strong…

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