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littlemanpoet · 12-13-2002, 06:09 AM

Kalessin: [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Without directly answering your questions (lack of time), I promise to soon. I will say this: perhaps reading LOTR is not unlike reading good poetry, in this: 'tis best to chew it whole, fully digest it in the bowels of one's mind, and make it a part of oneself; later, yes, come back to it, and dice and slice all you like, eat it piece by piece and enjoy each bite; I could almost guarantee you - doing thus will shed no new light on just what it is about LOTR that we love so much. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

12-13-2002, 06:09 AM	#12
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Kalessin: [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Without directly answering your questions (lack of time), I promise to soon. I will say this: perhaps reading LOTR is not unlike reading good poetry, in this: 'tis best to chew it whole, fully digest it in the bowels of one's mind, and make it a part of oneself; later, yes, come back to it, and dice and slice all you like, eat it piece by piece and enjoy each bite; I could almost guarantee you - doing thus will shed no new light on just what it is about LOTR that we love so much. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]