I never shall forget the time that I saw Gandalf’s and Frodo’s ride into the shire: As I watched the above scene unfold, I knew that finally, several people got it! First and Foremost, Tolkien had captured magic in his writing, and second, Peter Jackson had turned Tolkien’s magic into cinema, and third, Howard Shore…
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Autumn As A Symbol in Writing – Quotes about Autumn
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the famous novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. You may not realize it, but J.R.R. Tolkien wrote short stories, too. Many years ago I discovered his story Leaf by Niggle. Among other things, Leaf by Niggle is a story about a painter who senses an urgency within himself…
Leaf by Niggle – A Short Story by J. R. R. Tolkien – Thoughts about the Worthiness of Writing & Making Art
Last night [or actually at 4:30 a.m.], I still had not gone to sleep, and in my restlessness, I recalled a story that I discovered about 50 years ago–Leaf by Niggle–by J.R.R. Tolkien. You see, I am one of those people who knows that they love everything about Tolkien, but I have never been able…
Sometimes A Word Simply Seems – The Language of the Birds – Expressing That Which Is Beyond the Realm of Words
If you think about it for a moment, you will probably realize that the words that humans have codified to convey meaning are clumsy, at best. Yet, that is the construct of writing. We writers form letters together, and we expect our readers to take a leap of faith and to connect those letters to…