I think the fair runners hoped to kickstart a wave of interest in Central and South America, and perhaps in their own enthusiasm did not realize that the average level of interest was quite so low as it was.
I'm not sure there's anything more to say about my hermit fancy! I've always been interested in stories about people who intentionally live in a way that cuts them off from other people - like Sam in My Side of the Mountain, or (more tragically) Chris McCandless in Into the Wild. I suppose it's a subsidiary of a more general interest in people who live in a way that differs significantly from the norm: monastic orders, strict religious groups like the Amish or Orthodox Judaism, oddball nineteenth century utopian movements like the Oneida Community or the Shakers...
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Date: 2020-04-29 03:29 pm (UTC)I'm not sure there's anything more to say about my hermit fancy! I've always been interested in stories about people who intentionally live in a way that cuts them off from other people - like Sam in My Side of the Mountain, or (more tragically) Chris McCandless in Into the Wild. I suppose it's a subsidiary of a more general interest in people who live in a way that differs significantly from the norm: monastic orders, strict religious groups like the Amish or Orthodox Judaism, oddball nineteenth century utopian movements like the Oneida Community or the Shakers...