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DanielReeve
The Shire
Apr 26 2009, 10:16pm
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... it's quite a party, of Special Magnificence! Thanks for the invitation!
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silneldor
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Apr 26 2009, 10:17pm
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It is great to find one of similar heart stopping in. Thank you for your wonderful contribution to our Founder's celebration. Many of us here are biding our time until the grand event at Radio City. It will be one of those life-long reminiscences i do believe:). Cheers!
''What connects Nature to the spiritual, or requires the presence of the latter? In positive terms, as Alkis Kontos points out, when nature was still largely experienced as integral, alive and active, 'It was the spiritual dimension of the world, its enchanted, magical quality that rendered it infinite, not amenable to complete calculability; spirit could not be quanified; it permitted and invited mythologization.' And I would add, it still is and does.'' Patrick Curry-Defending Middle-Earth-Tolkien: Myth and Modernity - chapter: 'The Sea: Spirituality and Ethics.' May the grace of Manwë let us soar with eagle's wings! In the air, among the clouds in the sky Here is where the birds of Manwe fly Looking at the land, and the water that flows The true beauty of earth shows With the stars of Varda lighting my way In all the realms this is where I stay In the realm of Manwë Súlimo
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entmaiden
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Apr 26 2009, 10:19pm
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You may need to start building your tolerance
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because deej is part of the group that I'm traveling with, and I have a feeling we all will want to stand you a pint. So you have a year to practise since we're talking about March/April 2010.
NARF since 1974. Balin Bows
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DanielReeve
The Shire
Apr 26 2009, 10:21pm
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Smooches accepted! You did a fantastic job with writing the Valaquenta, AE - I'm just glad to be able to make it look nice. I'll email you a high resolution copy, if you like.
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DanielReeve
The Shire
Apr 26 2009, 10:24pm
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Ah, sounds like hobbit heaven! See you in a year!
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Alassëa Eruvande
Valinor
Apr 26 2009, 10:30pm
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I can't think of anything I would love more! You are so sweet! ThankyouThankyouThankyou!!
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Quickbeam
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Apr 26 2009, 10:50pm
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This is a pleasant surprise, and very much appreciated..... thank you for participating on our Birthday. Congrats on all that has come before..... and all the NEW adventures we are about to have. Cheers....!! Much too hasty, Quickbeam Cliff Broadway
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silneldor
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Apr 26 2009, 10:53pm
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Thank you Doug very much for contributing
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a joyful word for TORn. Yes, it is a place of down home values and warmth. And because of it, we will be around for a long time to come. Your Abe was such a fascination. All the best to you:).
''What connects Nature to the spiritual, or requires the presence of the latter? In positive terms, as Alkis Kontos points out, when nature was still largely experienced as integral, alive and active, 'It was the spiritual dimension of the world, its enchanted, magical quality that rendered it infinite, not amenable to complete calculability; spirit could not be quanified; it permitted and invited mythologization.' And I would add, it still is and does.'' Patrick Curry-Defending Middle-Earth-Tolkien: Myth and Modernity - chapter: 'The Sea: Spirituality and Ethics.' May the grace of Manwë let us soar with eagle's wings! In the air, among the clouds in the sky Here is where the birds of Manwe fly Looking at the land, and the water that flows The true beauty of earth shows With the stars of Varda lighting my way In all the realms this is where I stay In the realm of Manwë Súlimo
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DanielReeve
The Shire
Apr 26 2009, 11:07pm
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WOW!!! These are fantastic! Well done again, Elven! Elven (if you're there), what are you using to create these? Coloured pencil?
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DanielReeve
The Shire
Apr 26 2009, 11:11pm
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And yes, the adventures on the Road ahead look very enticing and exciting indeed. I think we're all in for a great ride, creators and fans alike!
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DanielReeve
The Shire
Apr 26 2009, 11:13pm
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Yep, here's hoping. I've been asked about a book soooo many times; it's just gotta happen!
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ElanorTX
Tol Eressea
Apr 26 2009, 11:31pm
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I joined TORn right after the great map conspiracy and found so many members delighted with your work. Thank you for sharing your heart as well as your talent with us. Question: Why do the maps used in the LotR films have a redundant Elvish a symbol over the letter a? Looking forward to your hobbit work, ElanorTX
"I shall not wholly fail if anything can still grow fair in days to come."
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Ataahua
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Apr 27 2009, 12:08am
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Yay! I remember your "Where the stars are strange" report,
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but I don't remember seeing that photo before. Armour suits you, sir!
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..." Dwarves: "Pretty rings..." Men: "Pretty rings..." Sauron: "Mine's better." "Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak. Ataahua's stories
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Dreamdeer
Valinor
Apr 27 2009, 12:10am
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Housework can do it, but it doesn't always help. If you find yourself dancing with the mop, you've gone past hope.
Life is beautiful and dangerous! Beware! Enjoy!
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DanielReeve
The Shire
Apr 27 2009, 12:19am
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Greetings ElanorTX, and thanks for the compliments! On the film, several of us (Alan Lee, Grant Major, Dan Hennah and myself) agreed on all the various aspects of what the hobbits' alphabet would look like, and how Bilbo should write it. This included having accent marks over ALL the vowels (though I followed a self-imposed rule to restrict it to sounded vowels, or the first of the two vowels in a diphthong, etc, so that the text wasn't quite so cluttered). It certainly gave the Shire writings, the Red Book, etc an old-worldly, rustic charm. And it gave a tenuous link between the tengwar writings of Middle-earth and those written perhaps in some "newer letters, sometimes used now for the Common Tongue" (this is simply my justification - the fact that things are written in Latin characters at all is simply to allow accessibilty to audiences, of course). So for the writings of some of the other races, I retained the most Tolkienesque of the various accent marks: the triple-dot (or triadic mark, as I started to call it) over the A, to maintain a kind of continuity. So you'll see that triple dot in my merchandising versions of Gondorian words like Faramir, Aragorn, for example, whereas Rohirric ones drop it but use Tolkien's acute accent over some of the Es. And that's the only reason. It's purely decorative, giving a Tolkien flavour, and to put a kind of stamp of belonging that says "this is from the LOTR movies".
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DanielReeve
The Shire
Apr 27 2009, 12:21am
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Charcoal works best if the paper has a bit of tooth to it - it's not so satisfactory on smooth papers. Bear that in mind when you're shopping...
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Kangi Ska
Half-elven
Apr 27 2009, 12:28am
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It was really good to hear from Mr. Del Toro again.
Kangi Ska http://www.mntolkien.com/images/white_crow_footer.jpg
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