It is interesting that there is a current in here that speaks of Tolkien's works being "just a clever work of fiction" or unreal in the sense that Middle Earth is not where we stand, only removed by time and dimension. I am notorious for believing just about anything, and I would much rather believe that Middle Earth is real than that there are bankers living down the road. I know the bankers are there, but I choose not to include them in my reality. This does not mean that I live in a fantasy world and cannot function in the real world; it simply means that I draw my philosophy, moral sense and conscience from Middle Earth, as well as from the tales of history books as we know them. I do draw quite a lot of inspiration from history and art and science as well. But I don't differentiate between the basic truths revealed there and those revealed in the realm of Middle Earth.
"True" stories mean much more to me than "real" stories and a revealed truth in the waking or sleeping world is much more touching and life-guiding, if you will, than the most complete of mundane explanations or elucidations of what is concrete and real. But, then again, I also believe in parallel dimensions, reincarnation, psychokinesis, spirit travelling and crackpot stuff like that! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Why not? Life is too short to limit oneself to only five senses!
You have just witnessed Lyta's confessional mode. We now return you to reality! Heh heh heh... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Cheers,
Lyta, Crackpot in Residence
P.S. That would make a great personal title someday, wouldn't it? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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“…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”
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