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Yu Depeng: “Diary of a Hermit”

Photographer and filmmaker Yu Depeng, Chinese artist residing in Spain, has presented exhibitions and projects on themes of nature and solitude: Stray Dog,Round Sky Square Earth, Nostalgia, Return from the Mountains, and most recently Diary of a Hermit (Diario de un ermitaño).

URLs: https://www.ademaescuelauniversitaria.com/diario-de-un-ermitano-el-universo-visual-del-artista-internacional-chino-yu-depeng-desembarca-en-palma-de-la-mano-de-adema-bellas-artes/; https://www.ademaescuelauniversitaria.com/diario-de-un-ermitano-el-universo-visual-del-artista-internacional-chino-yu-depeng-desembarca-en-palma-de-la-mano-de-adema-bellas-artes/; https://photography-now.com/exhibition/172703; https://photography-now.com/exhibition/172703

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“Reset: Hat” – film

Aeon presents the Swedish documentary: Reset: Hat (14 minutes .

Description from the film: “In the American West, a man named Hat sets out to leave no trace. What does it mean to live an authentic life? This is a question that a man who goes by the name of Hat has had plenty of time to contemplate, since he left his previous identity and a comfortable yet, to him, stifling life behind.” …

URL: https://aeon.co/videos/in-the-american-west-a-man-named-hat-sets-out-to-leave-no-trace

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Italian hermit Mauro Morandi – fate of hut

Chronache Nuoresi (Sardinia) reports on the fate of the island dwelling of late hermit Mauro Morandi in an article titled “L’ultimo atto per leremita di Budelli scompare il rifugio di Mauro Morandi .”

Supporters of the Italian hermit, who died last year at 86 after withdrawing from the island of Budelli to live on the mainland in retirement, had hoped that Morandi’s hut would be retained as a historical or tourist site. But authorities have cited environmental law to decree the forthcoming destruction and removal of the hut, thus ending public witness to the life of the “hermit of Budelli.”

URL: https://www.cronachenuoresi.it/2026/02/27/lultimo-atto-per-leremita-di-budelli-scompare-il-rifugio-di-mauro-morandi/

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Tom Neale, New Zealand hermit

The Times of India recalls the impact of the life and solitary adventure of New Zealand-born hermit Tom Neale (1902-1977), author of An Island to Oneself, in an extended essay titled “A New Zealand sailor spent years living alone on a remote Cook Island atoll …”

URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/a-new-zealand-sailor-spent-years-living-alone-on-a-remote-cook-islands-atoll-across-three-separate-stays-a-year-after-his-final-stay-ended-suwarrow-was-declared-a-national-park/articleshow/133539848.cms

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Daniel Bourguet, French hermit

Daniel Bourguet, Reform pastor/author/hermit, has died at age 80. His website includes a succinct summary of his writings,and accomplishments and will be updated soon. Bourguet was a unique Christian hermit, representing a Protestant tradition and his own eccumenical interests. Hermitary presented an article about Bourguet titled: “A Protestant Hermit in Search of Inner Unity,”by Pierre Léderrey: https://www.hermitary.com/articles/bourguet.html

URL: https://danielbourguet.com/