Thread: Are There Any Valid Criticisms? (aka Kalessin's Rant)
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Old 10-28-2004, 11:24 PM   #180
Estelyn Telcontar
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I'd like to toss a single crouton into this very mixed salad, one cut from a slice of Tolkien's own bread; this statement:
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Originally Posted by mark12_30
Is a eucatastrophe-- a glimpse of Truth-- any less of a eucatastrophe if the person who gets the glimpse doesn't fully realise what he is seeing? I think it depends on the heart; and who can judge that? The glimpse of Truth may sow something transcendant in the soul that that does not come to fruition for many years.
reminds me of the Queen of Faery's comment on the diminutive fairy decorating the cake in Smith of Wootton Major:
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Do not be grieved for me, Starbrow. Nor too much ashamed of your own folk. Better a little doll, maybe, than no memory of Faery at all. For some the only glimpse. For some the awaking.
Various "levels" of art perhaps have the merit of offering various people different "levels" of Faery, so that each one can find that with which s/he feels comfortable. Some may go on, some may stay there...
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