The character shown above is Tom Bombadil from The Lord of the Rings. Yes, this ramble will eventually relate back to the title, honest! Why Am I Writing About Him? Whenever I interact with a work of art I see it as a conversation with its creator. Everything else is secondary to me. I can’t escape the notion that someone actually made the thing I’m reading, watching or listening to. Someone, or a group of people, had to make particular creative choices that fashion the story’s direction and craft the characters. From these stories and characters, I try to reverse engineer the mind of the people who created them. This becomes a cyclical process. If I find that elements of a work reflect a fascinating mind, I’ll return to the work and take things far more seriously. It’s almost like the author is some kind Higgs Boson-esque particle who, by virtue of their own stature, give weight to the things they make. (I know it’s mass and not weight, so suspend accuracy if you’re a physicist reading this).
The Art of Being - Not Doing
The Art of Being - Not Doing
The Art of Being - Not Doing
The character shown above is Tom Bombadil from The Lord of the Rings. Yes, this ramble will eventually relate back to the title, honest! Why Am I Writing About Him? Whenever I interact with a work of art I see it as a conversation with its creator. Everything else is secondary to me. I can’t escape the notion that someone actually made the thing I’m reading, watching or listening to. Someone, or a group of people, had to make particular creative choices that fashion the story’s direction and craft the characters. From these stories and characters, I try to reverse engineer the mind of the people who created them. This becomes a cyclical process. If I find that elements of a work reflect a fascinating mind, I’ll return to the work and take things far more seriously. It’s almost like the author is some kind Higgs Boson-esque particle who, by virtue of their own stature, give weight to the things they make. (I know it’s mass and not weight, so suspend accuracy if you’re a physicist reading this).