The Searching Hermit.
Although autobiographic in theme, the Hermit is not an obscure symbol of idiosyncratic abstraction. He is a study in the reflection of humankind's existence between the objective and subjective mind.

Faces & Masks: The meaning behind them.
Some are true, many hide the other. Some are worn to
conceal, others to entertain.
Socially tribal -- Religiously significant -- Concretete or abstract: We all appropriate the wearing of one or the other.