[greyhavener]

I guess what I find in Middle Earth is a tangible story the reflects what goes on unseen in this "humdrum work-a-day, death-and-taxes, rush-hour-traffic so-called "reality" we deal with every day" as Littleman poet so aptly puts it. Everyday sombody casts a ring into the Cracks of Doom though a decision to change heart or deeds. Everyday somebody wakes up from the trance of a Grima Wormtongue and decides to become a hero instead. Everyday each one of us makes our true name that, as the ents say, embodies all that we are, longer and hopefully more beautiful. Fantasy (at least the fantasy I like) affirms nobility and honor in an age that often rejcts grace and dignity and truth. That is why I love Tolkien's work.