Farmer Giles of Ham is one of Tolkien’s most delightfully subversive works: a mock-heroic tale that looks at first like a rustic folktale, then quietly reveals itself as a sophisticated satire of epic language, aristocratic power, and the unstable relationship between legend and local history. Where much of Tolkien’s fiction seeks the sublime, this novella … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #437 – Hey, Man! You’re Kinda Blockin’ My Sun!
Hey, Man! You’re Kinda Blockin’ My Sun! Musings of the Artists Mind Some people are grumpy about everything. Which one of these two fellows is the …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #437 – Hey, Man! You’re Kinda Blockin’ My Sun!
Revisionist Poetry – “A Photograph of Scent” – Into The Heart, v.4
The photographer descendsinto the heart of the rose,where the blossom turns inwardand every petal seems to listen. There is no need for colour now.The bloom speaks in fragrance,in velvet edge, in fragile fold,in the slow opening of its own astonishment. Through the lens he gatherswhat the eye alone cannot hold:the soft architecture of scent,the pulse … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “A Photograph of Scent” – Into The Heart, v.4
No Cap, Time Comes for Us All (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 2 for Gen Z)
When forty winters shall have boxed up your face,And dug deep lines into your beauty’s glow,Your once-lit youth, now kinda out of place,Will be, like, totally low-key let go. Then, if someone asks where your vibe went,Where all the fresh got up and dipped away,To say, “That was my look” will feel like rentOn a … Continue reading No Cap, Time Comes for Us All (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 2 for Gen Z)
Don’t Let Time Roast You (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 2 for Gen X)
When forty winters shall have clocked your face,And carved deep lines into your once-smooth brow,Your youth, all hot and shiny, out of place,Will look like some old-ass thing from way back now. Then beauty, draped in clothes you used to wear,Will ask, “Who the hell are you?” with a sneer,And people will see through the … Continue reading Don’t Let Time Roast You (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 2 for Gen X)
Transformations with Life #9 – The Reaching Pot
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to repurpose this small tea bowl. It was very nicely done, comfortable in the hand, and with a beautiful blue crackle glaze…Transformations with Life #9 – The Reaching Pot
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #88: The Hollow Men 88 – Dog
The Hollow Men 88 – Dog: The History: There’s a story on this… Made about the same time as a series of poetry observations called Mall People. I saw …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #88: The Hollow Men 88 – Dog
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #436 – High On Her Pedestal
High On Her Pedestal Musings of the Artists Mind Unawares that her lover is watching her from below, or is she? He kept so high on a pedestal that it…500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #436 – High On Her Pedestal
T.A.E.’s Book Review – Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien
Few works by J.R.R. Tolkien reveal the private tenderness of the author more intimately than Roverandom. Written originally in 1925 as a consolation story for his young son Michael, who had lost a beloved toy dog on a beach holiday, the tale occupies a fascinating place within Tolkien’s literary corpus. Neither as mythically grand as … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien
Revisionist Poetry – “The Inner Bloom” – Into The Heart, v.3
He enters the roseas if entering a dream. Petals open around him,not in colour alone,but in fragrance,in satin weight,in the fine tremor of things unfolding. His camera waits at the centreof this living architecture.What it captures is not merely a flower,but the world inside a flower:dense, breathing,almost too delicate to name. And we, looking through … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “The Inner Bloom” – Into The Heart, v.3