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mark12_30 · 09-12-2002, 01:51 PM

Mushroom,

Good topic. My goodness, how hasn't LOTR changed me? I've been reading it for 30 years, and I wonder if there is any part of my life it hasn't affected.
For starters:
Aragorn and Arwen's fidelity to each other over 60+ years deeply affected my idea of romance, courtship, engagement and marriage.
Boromir, Farair, and Eomer, and Eowyn, affected my concept of loyalty-- to family, to friends, to country. Later, the hobbits did too.
Elves affected my concept of spirituality (hugely.)
Elves singing in the woods & looking at the stars & naming woodland wildflowers got me interested in music, astronomy and gardening.
Tolkien himself, and some of his own stories about writing his stories, got me interested in writing.
Bilbo and Frodo (and others too) got me interested in writing poetry.
Frodo (even now) is getting me interested in going on autumn walks.
There's probably more but my post is already too long!

--mark12_30

[ September 12, 2002: Message edited by: mark12_30 ]

09-12-2002, 01:51 PM	#2
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Mushroom, Good topic. My goodness, how hasn't LOTR changed me? I've been reading it for 30 years, and I wonder if there is any part of my life it hasn't affected. For starters: Aragorn and Arwen's fidelity to each other over 60+ years deeply affected my idea of romance, courtship, engagement and marriage. Boromir, Farair, and Eomer, and Eowyn, affected my concept of loyalty-- to family, to friends, to country. Later, the hobbits did too. Elves affected my concept of spirituality (hugely.) Elves singing in the woods & looking at the stars & naming woodland wildflowers got me interested in music, astronomy and gardening. Tolkien himself, and some of his own stories about writing his stories, got me interested in writing. Bilbo and Frodo (and others too) got me interested in writing poetry. Frodo (even now) is getting me interested in going on autumn walks. There's probably more but my post is already too long! --mark12_30 [ September 12, 2002: Message edited by: mark12_30 ] __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.