The Roots of Day

A Return to Sanctified Myth | A Man | Poet and Artist Honing an Uncompromised Craft | Wander with me a while

[The Roots of Day @rootsofday]

Help me get further along here, if you've thought about this before:

The familiar home that is so well captured in the Shire lacks one aspect that makes any place truly familiar: a church. Without the cultivating force of the church, or even the monastery, so quaint a rustic life as the shire would not be possible. This was a deliberate choice on Tolkien's part, but I don't think I can follow his logic as well as I'd like.

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What makes the Shire so familiar is not comfort. In fact, comfort is a trap that it is lulled into, and rudely awoken from.

What makes the Shire so familiar and wholesome is the deep liturgy of nature and the healthy appreciation for the structures and freedoms of family life. These things are not about comfort, though they do lead to it. These things are about the regular and voluntary rhythm of being comfortable in a certain kind of discomfort afforded by a world that does not adhere to anyone's rules but its own. In order to be a part of it, one has to play by its rules, which means submission and competence.

[Matters of History @HlSTORYmatters]

Robin Hood and his merry men by Robert E. Mcginnis

[Potamopotos 🇩🇰 @potamopotos]

One of the glories of the Reformation was the reappraisal of the common tongue

A fervor for Scripture, hymnals and worship in the vernacular not seen since the patristic era elevated the people and taught the masses

Danes should not be small Italians but rather pious Danes....

[The Roots of Day @rootsofday]

What makes the Shire so familiar is not comfort. In fact, comfort is a trap that it is lulled into, and rudely awoken from.

What makes the Shire so familiar and wholesome is the deep liturgy of nature and the healthy appreciation for the structures and freedoms of family life. These things are not about comfort, though they do lead to it. These things are about the regular and voluntary rhythm of being comfortable in a certain kind of discomfort afforded by a world that does not adhere to anyone's rules but its own. In order to be a part of it, one has to play by its rules, which means submission and competence.

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@tapanisimojoki @ehutchinson1513 @holland_tom A reclamation of the creature.

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"Our king was great above his cowl,
A broad hat on his crown,
Right as he were abbot-like,
They rode up in-to town."

[ArtOfMiddleEarth @BeautyOfArda]

Aragorn
🎨Kip Rasmussen

[William Weedon @WmWeedon]

THIS! Please take to heart

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A new batch of good reading has reached the shores of Africa
@CorncrakeMag @malcolmguite @WylfingsDotCom @PendragonOrg

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Just some sketching:

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Did some freestyling that turned into this tower on a lake, set in front of a big mountain.

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I've always tried with very intentional lines to sketch out some concept that I've had in my head. Today I took a couple of breaks to just test out this more scribbly, exploratory method, and it's like free therapy. I don't know why I haven't gotten here before. Very grateful to have discovered this method.

@colin_alex35207 would you be able to do something like this video but with your charcoal/pastel drawings? Only if it doesn't go against your philosophy or work flow, naturally. I'd just be very curious to watch and learn.

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Somewhat expanded.

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Had to still try an genuine Rackhamite tree. This is the last one for tonight.

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Some will say that such paper is not well suited to water heavy paint. I shall answer such people, and say unto them, Yes! Look, I can prove it.

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Smyrthing (pt 1):
I lost track of time with this one, so I may still finish it later tonight. Otherwise in the morning. I much prefer ballpoint currently. The contrast is also more effective, which is just a benefit of ink, I imagine.

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Does it make an impact on you to look at scenes without people in them?
If so, why?

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Here a bit of wood and well: