Can you think of well known eccentrics you are fascinated by?

Jesus, weather you believe he is savior of Man, in his short life he changed the world forever

The friends I have that are on the eccentric side are all confident,creative individuals with a carefree attitude.They just don’t sweat the small stuff!
I love that about them! :)

Fascinating eccentrics anyone?

Hypocrisy_Central.

@lucillelucillelucille I have a couple of friends like that and they seem to enjoy life to the fullest. I wonder what you have to do to get like that.

@FutureMemory I was to say @HypocrisyCentyral too ^^

@Jellie—My friend “R” wrote the handbook.He is the most unusual person I have ever met.—

I’m with @lucillelucillelucille and would include myself and one other friend in the “eccentric” category. As far as famous others, none, there is a difference between eccentricity and batshit crazy. haha

Being germ phobic to the point of agoraphobia falls into the batshit zone. lol

My most esoteric and eccentric friend and I had a marathon babble last night, 3 hours of running the gauntlet. Everything from science, philosophy, you name it, we covered it, we are a perfect energy match.

I love my friend Frank, he is the only person I know that parallels me in terms of his amazing open minded and emotionally honest and esoteric personality.

He is a successful building contractor and musician who goes to free dance classes, leads Tibetian prayer bowl healing sessions, and energy classes, is highly involved with our local natural foods co-op and always has his nose into a myriad of creative pursuits and community service projects.

He is extremely supportive of my wacky lifestyle and champions my esoteric choices.

I find a lot of us rather eccentric types fall into the Enneagram #7 profile, The Enthusiasts.

We are creative, out of the box, non-conforming, and prone to extreme excitement over controversial ideas and theories that many would consider too ” out there” for their tastes.

My friend Frank paid me a wonderful complement yesterday, he said I was one of the most ” alive” women he knew.

Yes, we have a romantic history, but, our friendship is priceless to us both at this time. ;-)

Howard Hughes
Wilhelm Reich
Mark Twain
Salvador Dali
Aleister Crowley
and so on.

Milo here; Gail heads the list.

@gailcalled

Eccentric country girls do it best! ;-)

Helena Bonham Carter

Picasso.

The eccentrics I find fascinating are the obscure, ordinary folk who aren’t eccentric to prove anything, to create a public character, to attract attention, to indulge a rich man’s whims, or any other purpose or intent. The eccentrics who interest me are those who don’t even know they’re eccentric because they just are what they are. And nobody does that better than the British eccentric. If the wheel of life brings me back, that’s what I want to be.

The Harpur-Crewe family of Calke Abbey were a family of eccentrics with ‘an unhealthy taste for solitude’. The abbey is now owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. It is quite a mind boggling experience to see round the house.

@Vunessuh that’s spot on. She’s a very strong personality. And the amazing thing is that in front of the screen while acting, she just disappears. Nothing but character. She’s a very impressive actress (The King’s Speech).

Also to add a few: Madona (in her day), Charlie Sheen (maybe it’s drugs, dunno). But I would echo @Jeruba that a lot of these people are not truly eccentric as they only act this way for media hype and attention.