The Hermit

“The Hermit” is the still point in the journey, the moment where everything folds inward and the world grows quiet enough for truth to finally be heard. In the tarot, the Hermit is the seeker who steps away from the noise, not to escape life, but to understand it more deeply. He holds a lantern to illuminate his inner world, trusting that solitude can reveal what company sometimes obscures.

When I approached “The Hermit”, I knew immediately that it could not be a song built on words. Lyrics tend to move outward, they speak to someone, reach for someone, or respond because of someone. But the Hermit is fully introspective. He does not speak, he listens. He does not explain, he feels. To give him lyrics would have been to place another voice in a space meant for silence. So the track became an instrumental, shaped by soft, searching guitar lines and non lyrical vocals that rise and fall like breath, communicating emotion without language.

The absence of words is intentional. It allows the listener to step into their own inner landscape without being directed or shaped by mine. It mirrors the lesson of the Hermit, that clarity often arrives not through speaking, but through being still, patient, and honest with oneself. This piece is a small refuge within the project, a gentle pause where the soul can gather itself.

For the visual interpretation, I invited a dancer to create a movement piece. Watching him respond to the music felt like witnessing introspection in motion, slow expansions, inward spirals, pauses that held as much meaning as the steps themselves. His grounded, expressive presence captured the Hermit’s inner searching without ever disturbing the silence at its core. Dance felt like the perfect medium, personal, embodied, and wordless. Through his movement, the light of the Hermit’s lantern seemed to glow quietly, reminding us that some truths are found only when we stop speaking and allow ourselves simply to feel.