tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post9173117951387056941..comments2024-03-26T12:44:30.308-07:00Comments on Blue Heron Blast: Isildur's BaneBlue Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-53072278748311816282022-09-19T09:23:48.955-07:002022-09-19T09:23:48.955-07:00The Lord of the Rings is a great example of the po...The Lord of the Rings is a great example of the power of literature. Tolkien was an accomplished scholar who really knew his mythology. I think he wrote Rings as a hobby or avocation but he really got it right. Literature has the power to describe scenes and situations that are really hard to translate to a different medium. Perhaps there is some reassurance here. Even Jeff Bezos with his piles of money can't manage to get it quite right. Could it be that there is some magic in the written word that can't fit into a video camera and squirt out of a cell phone with the same majesty of the original. I think that there is in the sense that literature with all of its drawbacks can actually contain most of the full power of the human mind. Could it be that there is a reason to read? Could it be true of other media. We will see soon enough when the "meta verse" is presented as a way to get people to understand powerful art like great paintings? I don't think it will work. "Guernica" will get reduced to a cartoon by the time it is is twisted and contorted into the metaverse and stuffed into a cell phone or a pair of goggles. We'll see, but there seems to be a massive dumbing down going on. Heck, I am just taking my Book of Schlomo and going home!Jon Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167557407360477540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-38858620774966853282022-09-18T19:22:59.499-07:002022-09-18T19:22:59.499-07:00Don’t dis the Bool of Schlomo. It has been my onl...Don’t dis the Bool of Schlomo. It has been my only scripture for all these years. Jon Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167557407360477540noreply@blogger.com