Why Is There No Explicit Religion in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works?
True art is a spontaneous response to beauty. It’s an end in itself. It doesn’t serve any purpose other than to reveal the beauty it encountered so we can revel in it.
A great work of art is never a means to an end. It is an end in itself. It arises out of wonder at something that turned your world upside down. When an artist USES art to achieve something else, it’s no longer art but technology — a device.
When art is used as a device, it becomes propaganda. When J.R.R. Tolkien was asked why The Lord of the Rings did n…
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