MaidenOfTheShieldarm wrote:I just figured that people had lost interest.
Lost interest? Nope.
Nobody just came up with anything relevant to say until you returned to the topic, and with a couple of very well-thought and interesting posts for that.
Teremia, that is something that I could have said as well. :thumbsup: There's a line in (the translation that I have of) Tao Te Ching that is very close to the thoughts that you presented, and also resonates with my spirituality: Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called p...
For me, an ideal life simply means that things are in balance: work and leisure, family and friends, exercise and rest, routine and creativity... But, that kind of balance can never come from the outside, one must find it by and in oneself.
If you're referring to my post: Sure, the different rings had different kinds of gems set in them. But, their basic properties after Sauron got them in his hands were similar - they were made to corrupt their bearers and make them succumb to Sauron's will. It just didn't work for the dwarves as Saur...
I'll have to reread the Athrabeth properly before trying to post anything more profound. But, on the Council of Elrond, we recently had some discussion about what the "unfallen state" of Man mentioned in it was. Here's my take on the matter: I understand the "unfallen state" as t...
Every October and early November, when the sun rises about at the time I leave for work, there are mornings when I wish I had a camera with me. I drive past a piece of meadow, on which the grass and faded flowers are wet with dew, and there's often mist just above the ground. On sunny mornings, it's...
There was an article about this movie in our biggest newspaper today; they presented all the premieres already scheduled for next spring. It was received very well by the critics, and sounded like a movie that I might go and see. Unfortunately, it doesn't open here until in February, we always get e...
No need to apologize, Lali! I just found it curious that this particular group of intelligent and educated Tolkien fans seems to generally dislike Dali's work. I was thinking of perhaps some tenuous possible connection between fantasy-minded geeks and a dislike for the surreal... Then, I definitely...
My understanding on the Seven and the Nine is that, even if they may have been made as two different sets, their basic properties after Sauron had corrupted them weren't different; it was the innate characteristics of the dwarves that made their bearers relatively immune to their effects, so that th...
Voronwë, knowing that ethnicity can still be a huge barrier to cross, I find it very remarkable that you have been asked to play at Kwanzaa ceremonies. 8) And, actually, the seven guiding principles would be worth celebrating by everybody, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, or religion. :thumbsup:
Not just America WC, we too have to suffer the commercial reality that is the modern Christmass. I am not sure about over there but we get Christmas stuff in the shops in August, carols and jingleing bells by November and December is a month of drunks on the train smelling of too much turkey and co...