Design also inspired by Tolkien, from "Glórund Sets Forth to Seek Túrin"

"Fantasy is made out of the Primary World. So Green is made out of Yellow and Blue; but redirects attention to them, throws indeed a new light on them."

-Got a Green Sun tattoo as a little homage to 'On-Fairy-stories'. #Tolkien

Here's my Garland collection. I love these so much! The Lays of Beleriand is my favorite though.

"I was ready enough to study nature scientifically- very ready, quite as ready as to read fairy-stories. But I was not going to be quibbled into science nor cheated out of Faerie."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, 'On Fairy-stories'

Working on an essay examining the Hobbit through the lens of the Silmarillion rather than the Lord of the Rings. While the tone of these stories makes them feel like polar opposites, they actually share a lot of commonalities in narrative plot and theme.

"They cannot conquer forever!"

Finally starting to see some color at work...spring will be here before you know it!

A new piece from the forge #blacksmithing 🔥 🐍

My criteria for a Christmas movie is it has to be set during the holidays and be about reconnecting with family, finding love, and/or bettering yourself. Die Hard fits ALL of these. Couple that with the Christmas music and myriad of Christmas references and like, of course it is.

Holiday firepoker forging #wip #blacksmithing

Glad to be back in my own personal Old Forest...

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie

Another end of a season. Till next year dahlias...