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Mar. 8th, 2006
B2MEM: Because it needs to be said...
Mar. 8th, 2006 11:13 pm... because Eliot's essays are driving me batty:
"I think 'criticism'--however valid or intellectually engaging--tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equilibrium he will lose grace (and probably fall off)."--J. R. R. Tolkien to C. S. Lewis
That's probably why I tend to write comparative papers rather than critical ones. *nods*
Yesterday after class, the two physics majors and I got to talking Tolkien briefly, and one said that the thing that always bothered him was the fact that there are no stories about the Seven and the Nine. I was about to say that that's why there's fanfic when the other guy said, "Yeah, the stories of all the different kings and how they fell...."
Me: I'm actually working on one!
Him: Really?!
And I explained briefly about the Witch-king story (which I am working on, BTW), and he said he wants to see it when it's done.
Hee. I think I'm about to convert another one to fanfic!
And before it's too late, happy birthday to my favorite fuzzy one on the end and fellow Tolkienista, Micky Dolenz!
"I think 'criticism'--however valid or intellectually engaging--tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equilibrium he will lose grace (and probably fall off)."--J. R. R. Tolkien to C. S. Lewis
That's probably why I tend to write comparative papers rather than critical ones. *nods*
Yesterday after class, the two physics majors and I got to talking Tolkien briefly, and one said that the thing that always bothered him was the fact that there are no stories about the Seven and the Nine. I was about to say that that's why there's fanfic when the other guy said, "Yeah, the stories of all the different kings and how they fell...."
Me: I'm actually working on one!
Him: Really?!
And I explained briefly about the Witch-king story (which I am working on, BTW), and he said he wants to see it when it's done.
Hee. I think I'm about to convert another one to fanfic!
And before it's too late, happy birthday to my favorite fuzzy one on the end and fellow Tolkienista, Micky Dolenz!
