Hermits

musicismylife78

always been fascinated by the lifestyle. Anyone know anything about hermitages or the hermit lifestyle? Seems like a thing of old but some recent documentarys have focused on it: my brothers keeper by the directors of the videos on the Wm3 case, and Into the Wild in some sense is about a person who wants to live the hermitic life.

Anyone have any info on the lifestyle? Hermits of old?

eyedclaar

Have been before and I plan on returning to the lifestyle (or lack thereof) some day. Hopefully soon.

musicismylife78

can you elaborate?

eyedclaar

Well, as usual, I am laying down a half-truth. After my family up and moved away from Sun Valley to Boise, I literally spent two years in high school not talking to anyone. Seriously, I was the quiet kid in the back of the classroom that nobody talked to or fucked with. I spent the first couple of years of my 1st marriage not talking to anyone other than my wife. I have felt as alone as a person could possibly feel and it felt normal to me. I always feel more normal when I am alone or just with my current wife and we are totally removed from society. I have spent, and still spend, as much time in the wilderness as I can and once my wife has finished off the last year of a five year contract, we plan on heading back to the mountains. We have some property in the very sparsely populated mountains of Wyoming where we plan to build a yurt and live as simply as possible.

chadwick

eyedclaar wrote:

Well, as usual, I am laying down a half-truth. After my family up and moved away from Sun Valley to Boise, I literally spent two years in high school not talking to anyone. Seriously, I was the quite kid in the back of the classroom that nobody talked to or fucked with. I spent the first couple of years of my 1st marriage not talking to anyone other than my wife. I have felt as alone as a person could possibly feel and it felt normal to me. I always feel more normal when I am alone or just with my current wife and we are totally removed from society. I have spent, and still spend, as much time in the wilderness as I can and once my wife has finished off the last year of a five year contract, we plan on heading back to the mountains. We have some property in the very sparsely populated mountains of Wyoming where we plan to build a yurt and live as simply as possible.

that's pretty decent
wilderness rocks
gotta have wilderness

Lizard

eyedclaar wrote:

build a yurt and live as simply as possible.

did you say yurt?
what's a yurt?



viva la wilderness!

urbanhippie

I think there's a small part of all of us that just wants to live in a cave in the woods somewhere. In my case, a large part of me.

AmentsChick

radiohead33 wrote:

always been fascinated by the lifestyle. Anyone know anything about hermitages or the hermit lifestyle? Seems like a thing of old but some recent documentarys have focused on it: my brothers keeper

I saw that documentary several years ago. It was absolutely fascinating!

eyedclaar

Lizard wrote:

did you say yurt?
what's a yurt?



viva la wilderness!

It's a little round house/tent that I believe the Mongolians were the first to use. Basically one big round room. Sometimes the walls are fabric but where our Wyoming property is there are tons of grizzlies so that probably won't do.

Lizard

i thought this thread sounded familiar....http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=285561&highlight=hermit

eyedclaar wrote:

It's a little round house/tent that I believe the Mongolians were the first to use. Basically one big round room. Sometimes the walls are fabric but where our Wyoming property is there are tons of grizzlies so that probably won't do.

Gotcha.
(I is was trying to funny with a My Cousin Vinny reference but it fell flat )

eyedclaar

Lizard wrote:

i thought this thread sounded familiar....http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=285561&highlight=hermit



Gotcha.
(I is was trying to funny with a My Cousin Vinny reference but it fell flat )

Haha. Here's my contribution to that thread:

Outside of my wife and bandmates, I rarely make any effort to talk to, or spend time with anyone - including my own family. People are lame...

EvilMerlin

Lizard wrote:

i thought this thread sounded familiar....http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=285561&highlight=hermit



Gotcha.
(I is was trying to funny with a My Cousin Vinny reference but it fell flat )

Two yoooooouuuuthhheeeeees your honor.

Yeah it reminded me of that hermit too. I was a recluse hermit once for a while. It's kinda hard to live a hermit lifestyle in southern california. Although I have a friend who's been doing it for two years now.

prism

eyedclaar wrote:

It's a little round house/tent that I believe the Mongolians were the first to use. Basically one big round room. Sometimes the walls are fabric but where our Wyoming property is there are tons of grizzlies so that probably won't do.

my sister was just explaining what a yurt was to me the other day and she described it just like you have. i guess that after my nephew graduates from college he plans on building one with his girlfriend on the land they're buying up by where they live in Alaska

harmless_little_f***

I'm living a hermitic lifestyle at the moment, in a town in which I have friends but feel desperately alone when they're not there (which is often).

I've got big plans for moving to the Midlands next year. I have a feeling the loneliness will dissipate.

Danimal

Not a big Hermit person. I like Half Moons better.

nick1977

I once read that in old days, wealthy people used to allow a hermit live somewhere on their property. It was a novelty and in vogue to have an old bearded hermit around on your property.

So if you become a hermit, find a rich person who will allow you to build a small cabin out in their woods and forage their property for food.

eyedclaar

nick1977 wrote:

I once read that in old days, wealthy people used to allow a hermit live somewhere on their property. It was a novelty and in vogue to have an old bearded hermit around on your property.

So if you become a hermit, find a rich person who will allow you to build a small cabin out in their woods and forage their property for food.

Duly noted. I'll have to find a rich person who won't mind stumbling upon a marijuana growing operation in their backyard.

stickboy

best feeling in the world

I wanna take it to the next level..just hoping I dont wind up like Chris McCandless

angelica

I spent about 15 years in my hermitage. During this time, I left my home approximately 2 times per month.

It led to HUGE, MASSIVE spiritual growth, introspection, and a deep appreciation for the otherworldly, which I still feel and interpret all around me. Hence religious folks cloistering themselves from society in seclusion.

libragirl

Hermit life is starting to sound good to me. I haven't had any luck with people.

angelica

libragirl wrote:

Hermit life is starting to sound good to me. I haven't had any luck with people.

I used to hate people...I wanted to create my own society...just myself and my 2 children. And the rare, rare individual I allowed in my world.

libragirl

angelica wrote:

I used to hate people...I wanted to create my own society...just myself and my 2 children. And the rare, rare individual I allowed in my world.

I'm just getting more and more disgusted by people...don't get me wrong not everyone is bad,eh..Im just getting sick of the whole rat race of society and all...

Nevermind

Ive been somewhat of a hermit for the past year. It helped to get clean at the time.

angelica

libragirl wrote:

I'm just getting more and more disgusted by people...don't get me wrong not everyone is bad,eh..Im just getting sick of the whole rat race of society and all...

I totally hear you.

After years of seclusion, I feel great joy at being able to interact with all people, and to step into all kinds of dynamics. But for certain, while I'm in the world, I am distinctly not "of" it. I can now move freely within it without being hooked by it.

libragirl

angelica wrote:

I totally hear you.

After years of seclusion, I feel great joy at being able to interact with all people, and to step into all kinds of dynamics. But for certain, while I'm in the world, I am distinctly not "of" it. I can now move freely within it without being hooked by it.

That actually sounds great...I think I have a proclivity towards Hermitage. I've always been somewhat of a loner and I crave my alone time. I have few close friends..mostly acquaintances and I like it that way.