In 2008, artist and filmmaker James Benning built two cabins in the Sierras. One was a replica of Henry David Thoreau‘s cabin in which he wrote his first book. The other is a reproduction of Ted Kaczynski’s cabin. (Mr. Kaczynski is serving a life sentence in prison without parole.)
Benning’s work reminds us that self imposed isolation can do very different things, and, as the NAIL V project asks, “At what point does an iconoclast become a sociopath? And who decides this?”
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Seems like what happens in isolation depends on whether the person believes in the unity of all things or not. One grows in love and celebrates life. The other festers in violent separation. Or maybe it’s not that simple. Who knows.