{"id":4089,"date":"2014-01-06T02:41:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T02:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/?p=4089"},"modified":"2014-01-06T02:12:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T02:12:50","slug":"tolkiens-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/?p=4089","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien’s art"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dragon,<\/a>

Dragon, by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/p><\/div>\n

What amazes me is that Tolkien actually had time to produce the quantity of art he did, with such assiduous attention to detail. Love this dragon, a sort of Celtic ornamental design. It’s about as far as a dragon can be from the one in the theaters at the moment, which reminded me of the badass winged lizard in Reign of Fire. Which is a beast the evil corporation in Alien would want to weaponize. \u00a0Am I watching too many movies?\u00a0No. Yes.<\/p>\n

Most of the Tolkien art at Brain Pickings<\/a>\u00a0remind me of Jung’s artwork. The illustration, below, of “Undertenishness”–the spiritual state of being younger than ten years old (sounds like a German word–is like a poem. A path toward the horizon that’s actually moth-ride to somewhere else. If you don’t mind riding a moth. Hey, Gandalf booked a flight with a moth, come to think of it. (His illustration of “Grownupishness” includes the caption: Sightless, Blind, Well-Wrapped Up.)<\/p>\n

\"Undertenishness,<\/a>

Undertenishness, by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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