I am sure I would not have appreciated it in my 20s. He really is a wonderful writer. Those opening set pieces in every chapter. He was one of the people with Orwell when he died. Erridge, Lord Warminster. I could not have untangles all that before I was a more experienced reader.
I suspect I am the only American of my generation not to have read LOTR, and to have no interest in doing so. I have few visual skills; I'm an off-the-scale auditory. The beauty of the works and illustrations escapes me.
My favorite movie overture is South Pacific. Not a movie overture but a stage musical overture, I enjoy Bernstein's overture to Candide. It is written in seven and is whimsical. The operetta never really succeeded.
Only you could use "mytheopoeic" and expect readers to understand it.
Great art and composition for this post. Also, fun and strange to see Tolkien’s photo. He looks more boyish than I imagined.
Most of Tolkien's photos are of a wise old professor but he wasn't always old.
It will be interesting to watch this auction. All the auctions are fascinating..what gets preserved.
I'm almost through the first quarter of Dance, thanks to you!
I now remember having read it a second time. This reading, however, is much richer and informed both by my past readings and being older.
I wonder if AP ever read LOTR!
I am sure I would not have appreciated it in my 20s. He really is a wonderful writer. Those opening set pieces in every chapter. He was one of the people with Orwell when he died. Erridge, Lord Warminster. I could not have untangles all that before I was a more experienced reader.
I suspect I am the only American of my generation not to have read LOTR, and to have no interest in doing so. I have few visual skills; I'm an off-the-scale auditory. The beauty of the works and illustrations escapes me.
The music is sort of grand, though-reminds me when older movies would have an overture...
My favorite movie overture is South Pacific. Not a movie overture but a stage musical overture, I enjoy Bernstein's overture to Candide. It is written in seven and is whimsical. The operetta never really succeeded.
I think at that time when many people didn't have access to symphonies it introduced the grandeur.