Jan’s poem moved me. I admired the images it evoked and the beautiful language but I was moved by some strophes that resonated within my own life.
“the words I know he might wish to say
caught behind his teeth.
It is a serious matter, this not-saying
of his agile thoughts.
My heart hurts for him,”
And also:
“With joy,
at last, I begin to understand what small place I hold
in this Grand Story.”
The Tolkien painting is so interesting. I’ve always interpreted “East of the moon - West of the sun” as a place that doesn’t exist because, in reality, you would be east of the sun and west of the moon. Curiously, that’s also what Tolkien has painted here. For me, this is puzzling but perhaps I’m seeing it the wrong way. Anyway, it’s a beautiful painting. Thank you both, ladies!
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Date: 2013-03-25 11:47 am (UTC)“the words I know he might
wish to say
caught behind his teeth.
It is a serious matter,
this not-saying
of his agile thoughts.
My heart hurts
for him,”
And also:
“With joy,
at last,
I begin to understand
what small place
I hold
in this
Grand Story.”
The Tolkien painting is so interesting. I’ve always interpreted “East of the moon - West of the sun” as a place that doesn’t exist because, in reality, you would be east of the sun and west of the moon. Curiously, that’s also what Tolkien has painted here. For me, this is puzzling but perhaps I’m seeing it the wrong way. Anyway, it’s a beautiful painting.
Thank you both, ladies!