lmp, I can relate. I go to an Assemblies of God church at the moment (hard to believe, but this one is looser than most... I'm a Vineyarder at heart...) there is a small enclave of us who talk about elves and hobbits. My assistant pastor actually came to see TTT with us, and so did the worship pastor. Weeell, shut mah mouth.
Anyway, I have found that looking back through a Tolkienish lens brings some things I had once thought lost to me, back into focus. The Mythos worked for me, is still working, and I wonder if Tolkien looks on and smiles. I hope so.
It makes me want to write. Tolkien and George MacDonald are the reasons Bolco and Noldo materialised; seeing how they let glimpses of the One True Myth shine through their works makes me want to do the same.
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...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.
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