Tired of Tolkien

[lindil]

Linnamalle posted:

The brightest, hottest flames consume their fuel and burn out quickly.

You may find a different fuel; Tolkien may have provided a pathway for you to move on to something else, hopefully something even deeper and more profound. (I believe he would be pleased by that, not dismayed.)

If you happen to be practicing or interested in prayer, you might inquire, "What's next?" One never knows. You might be astounded at the answer; or perhaps instead of hearing an "answer" per se, you may just find yourself running out of your front door and down the hill without a hat, or even a pocket hankerchief. The road goes ever on, and there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

And I quite agree:

many, many years ago I was a 'Deadhead' right after I got out of highschool at the ripe age of 17 I went on tour and from the East Coast out to California, immersing myself in the whole dead scene. After 3 months of it I was so sick of hearing the Dead and their offshoots, musical cousins and immitators that when I was back to my old haunts I hardly listenend to them for years.

I simply could not understand how people got so fixated on a finger pointing at the moon, instead of seeing the moon itself.

Tolkien can be the same way [and imo far more profoundly and multi-leveled] than most things.

IF you feel the well has run dry for you Eruwen perhaps consider going deeper.

I also agree with Susan that 'obessesions' are not good for the obsessee as a rule.

Note that in the Legendarium the obessessed characters do not end up faring to well [ Boromir, Denethor, Saruman, Sauron, Morgoth, Turin, Neinor/Niniel... etc].

Charachters like Aragorn keep their passions and goals [Arwen and recovering his birthright] utterly sublimated to the various tasks at hand.

These are the wonderful sorts of lessons buried and laying casually throughout the writings of JRRT.