That we trust ourselves to make accurate snap judgements about events we didn’t experience and have mediated to us through the viral groupthink of social media platforms is… laughable?
Tales from the 1980s that never was. A recap of a session of Tales from The Loop.
Originally published at Christ and Pop Culture
Relationships aren’t simply choices to be made; they’re conversations to be lived.
Originally published in The Curator
Instead of escaping into the story, the story had passed into me and overwhelmed my doubts.
It’s no surprise then that Tolkien’s elves are identified by a solemn sadness. With their lifetimes of disappointments, losses, and pain, the elves cultivate the virtues of rest by necessity — being alive is exhausting.
Last time, on Tales from the Montreal Loop… The Sud-Ouest trio of Steve, Michel, and Billy encountered the curious tweets and sharp beaks of some very strange birds.
That we trust ourselves to make accurate snap judgements about events we didn’t experience and have mediated to us through the viral groupthink of social media platforms is… laughable?
The universe is a big place where a lot of little things happen.
Stuff you should read.
“You will have to do without light for a while: I am rather shaken.”
Stuff you should read.
Tales from the 1980s that never was. A recap of a session of Tales from The Loop.
I've taken up the burden of blogging through every chapter of The Lord of the Rings in hope of deepening my own and others' appreciation for J.R.R. Tolkien tale of hobbits, hope, failure, and consolation.
It’s no surprise then that Tolkien’s elves are identified by a solemn sadness. With their lifetimes of disappointments, losses, and pain, the elves cultivate the virtues of rest by necessity — being alive is exhausting.
“You will have to do without light for a while: I am rather shaken.”
50 pages of the most beautiful, pure, plotless exposition in literature…since Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past!
There is no contradiction in Rivendell; the wise sing songs, feasts are necessary, and merrymaking is serious business.
“Is there no escape then?” said Frodo, looking round wildly. “If I move I shall be seen and hunted! If I stay, I shall draw them to me!”
“A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.”
–Aragorn