Ah, your comment is pure gold =)

When I started following your blog, I got the impression that you Appalachian people share some sort of cultural identity. And that you can go hunting together - sharing one of the most traditional tribal experiences - yet there is enough private space for everyone. To me that seems like a pretty good way of combining introvesion and group membership =)

The thing with Dead Poets Society was that it somehow made me realize that I don't want to be a complete hermit - that there could be some non-restrictive ways of social sharing. So, it made me dream of something like that, but of course I was in doubt if it is just an impossible dream, an illusional utopia which can never happen.

Nowadays I'm not thinking about any ideal, perfect model of a social group. I'm more focused on smaller steps and some aspects of social life. Like, if a group of my friends visit couple of times a year, and we can talk, eat, dance and have a sauna together - then that kind of a is my tribal life. Just one aspect of social interaction, which doesn't have to be present in my everyday life, but which still is regular and long-term enough to give me some sort of feeling of belonging to an accepting and uplifting group.

I guess I have to write another entry about the leadership stuff, and all that. As it is a big theme which has been simmering in my mind for a long time.