Tolkien Gardener

An animated "Adventures of Tom Bombadil" short would be so awesome. You could embellish the interactions with Goldberry, Old Man Willow, the badger folk, and the Barrow-wight to give it some more weight. Heck, throw in a cameo from the Man in the Moon, Father Christmas, or Farmer Maggot too.

Not to be nit-picky but Tolkien never said or wrote this. It's a nice quote that sums up some major themes of his work, but it's only from the movies.

Jack Black this. Matt Berry that. The only casting for Tom Bombadil I want is Willem Dafoe. He has the perfect mix of whimsical charm and Lovecraftian dread that Tom deserves. And most importantly, he's just a freaky little guy.

Original Trilogy+Andor and Rogue One. I wouldn't miss much else if it disappeared.

What edition is this?

Design also inspired by Tolkien, from "Glórund Sets Forth to Seek Túrin"

"Fantasy is made out of the Primary World. So Green is made out of Yellow and Blue; but redirects attention to them, throws indeed a new light on them."

-Got a Green Sun tattoo as a little homage to 'On-Fairy-stories'. #Tolkien

The best Star Wars is finally returning.

VISIONS VOLUME 3 will include sequels to THE DUEL, THE VILLAGE BRIDE, and THE NINTH JEDI!

"As the world grows older there is loss and gain- let us not with modern insolence and blindness imagine it all gain....but neither must we with neo-pagan obscurity of thought imagine it all loss."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Kalevala' essay

"I never trusted, and after a while I rejected, the hope that many people have invested in what we might call the industrial formula: Science+Technology+Political Will=The Solution."

-Wendell Berry

"As the servants of the Machines are becoming a privileged class, the Machines are going to be enormously powerful. What's their next move?"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, 1945

Here's my Garland collection. I love these so much! The Lays of Beleriand is my favorite though.

"I was ready enough to study nature scientifically- very ready, quite as ready as to read fairy-stories. But I was not going to be quibbled into science nor cheated out of Faerie."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, 'On Fairy-stories'

Isildur cuts off and pulls the ring finger of Sauron's gigantic hand. Did Sauron fart?

Back in February 2023, I wrote a thread about the #Tolkien #art of Cor Blok. The idea was to show appreciation for how interpretations of Tolkien's Middle-earth vary and yet are wonderful. I repeat the thread here.

Isildur, NO!

Art by Cor Blok, c. early 1960s (Source: arthur.io/art/cor-blok...)

If Andor Season 2 is HALF the quality of Season 1 it will still be at least twice as good as nearly everything else in Star Wars from the last 30 years. I am so stoked for this.

Answering questions like, "Wait is the Arkenstone a Silmaril?" Well, sort of. But no, definitely not. But kinda?

Working on an essay examining the Hobbit through the lens of the Silmarillion rather than the Lord of the Rings. While the tone of these stories makes them feel like polar opposites, they actually share a lot of commonalities in narrative plot and theme.

"They cannot conquer forever!"

Finally starting to see some color at work...spring will be here before you know it!

I've always felt this is a window in Sauron's psychology as well, especially when he first joined Melkor. I like to think Saruman (Curumo) is just echoing a similar scene that played out ages earlier between himself and Mairon.

A new piece from the forge #blacksmithing 🔥 🐍

Oh WAIT Stairs of Cirith Ungol goes right to number 1. This is hard.

In no particular order, these five stand out to me:

In the House of Tom Bombadil
The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
The Voice of Saruman
The Siege of Gondor
Mount Doom

The people telling us how good generative AI is for us are either people financially invested in generative AI or people interested in not paying writers, editors, artists, communications staff, designers, etc. Maybe we could go ahead and not listen to them.

My criteria for a Christmas movie is it has to be set during the holidays and be about reconnecting with family, finding love, and/or bettering yourself. Die Hard fits ALL of these. Couple that with the Christmas music and myriad of Christmas references and like, of course it is.

Holiday firepoker forging #wip #blacksmithing

Snuck the Father Christmas Letters into my parents' house. What a lovely sight to leave and come back to your parents reading Tolkien....this is how I get them hooked in...

Vintage postcard or card design. 'The King of the Holly' sits in a holly bush. He has a long white beard, is dressed in armour and wears a holly crown. Words along the bottom of the card read: 'May Love and Good Fellowship Gladden thy Life!'

The King of the Holly
Artist signed 'R.D.'

Glad to be back in my own personal Old Forest...

Here’s another #Tolkien question: What is your favorite quote (can be books or adaptation)?

Some of mine are:

“Aurë entuluva” [day shall come again] from The Silmarillion

“Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not” from RotK

What about you?

Reskeet for more answers!