Hullo
Child of the 7th Age:
* bows a cheery enough greeting before turning to musing *
Indeed, as you point out,
Quote:
|
Tolkien frowned at any kind of overt manipulation of the environment, and saw it as corruption.
|
One example. Farther and farther roads must be taken into the Wilds to enjoy pure starlight bearing the merest hint of splendor first beheld at Cuiviénen. But few now look up, few realize their loss. And alas, many indeed come to depend upon pallid counterfeit light until they become numb to and forgetful of realms beyond. At least through the mirk and gloom of astonishingly unnatural light, the gleaming of Eärendil remains visible still, even in this Age.
Gandalf the Grey