Vacancy: Hermit

Story of the week has to go to the 'Hermit Wanted' advert placed by Manchester Museum. They're looking for someone to sit in their tower for eight weeks with no contact with the world. Here’s the tower:

Sounds alright to me – I’m thinking a good stack of computer games, some decent food, a few good books and nice bit of peace and quiet. That’s not what they have in mind though, unfortunately. They want the ‘artist’ to “communicate their experiences” with the outside world through art and think about things like climate change and world issues and stuff like that. Sounds like hard work to me. I thought hermits were pretty chilled out little fellas with beards who didn’t talk to people that much. Here’s one:

Maybe I could apply and if I got the ‘job’ spend my time as described above. My communication with the world would be absolutely nothing, thereby fulfilling the true notion of a hermit. I’d even be prepared to grow a beard.