Lego Lord of the Rings: Shire The set includes 2,017 pieces.
I think all I could imagine was Piece #302 somewhere between placing the fireworks behind Gandalf’s cart and assemble the little hobbit furnace.
This is not an unusual reaction for fans Hobbit, Lord of the Ringsor JRR Tolkien’s works in general: Posts on Reddit Dedicated to tearful moments in the book, fans celebrate the film’s most cathartic and iconic scenes to meet online in person.
Returning to the books, movies and games that marked us in our youth, we remember who we are. It was.
Crying Lego sets is not very common, but perhaps it reminds me that speaking more means moving forward.
My mother sparked Tolkien’s obsession throughout my early life. She would never have read her own work. However, she knows that her daughter has an endless desire for reading, she loves fairy tales and mythology, and I recently came home with a great report card. At the boundary I did this way, I appeared in the edition of the now-best known trilogy. Incredible ’80s.
I fell in love.
There is no other way to explain what is captivating, fascinating, enting that all of us are experiencing experiences in books, films and games. It drives us to memorize readings Rittany against fear Or attend singwhat is moving to get us? Princess’s Bride Tattoo or Memorial May 4th.
For Christians, such experiences are double meaningful and formative when we discover cultural artifacts that reflect our faith in us, or when we discover cultural artifacts that energize the values, virtues and truths that we cherish in new and imaginative ways.
To say that Lord of the Rings And other works of Tolkien spiritually formed me in a way that is only covered by the Bible itself. I’m happy Good company With that experience. This text provides an example of the grace of salvation with quiet and seemingly negligible acts of friendship and mercy, the noble goodness of the true king, and the victory of humility over the incomprehensible darkness.
Lord of the Rings The film trilogy began the year I started college. My mother and I attended midnight shows for all three films. It was a chance to experience the magic she had given me. In my mind’s eyes, I can see her glowing from the center of the cosplay ringweiss and the hobbit clutch.
You may notice that I write about her in the past tense.
My mother died of cancer more than two years ago after eight months of suffering. It was a difficult and terrifying time. Perhaps of course, with God Lord of the Rings It passed through me. After the doctors said there was nothing more to do, I read the Bible trilogy and texts repeatedly to comfort myself.
Once upon a time, Mom stirred up over the phone after she found out that treatment wouldn’t help. “Frodo had to go on a long journey,” she told me. “And so is me.”
I stood on the shore like Sam in the grey shelter and I saw her leave.
Faith offers answers and comfort to the dark sorrow of bereavement, but it does not always stab the stabs of loss. Having a mother with Christ now doesn’t have a mother here. We know that God comforts us and is with us In the valley of the shadows of deathbut it’s a valley for everything. As CS Lewis writes Sorrow has been observed:
We were promised to suffer. They were part of the program. We are even told, “They are not blessed to mourn,” and I accept it. I have nothing I hadn’t negotiated. Of course, it’s different when things don’t happen to you, not actually your imagination, but to yourself.
I don’t do life, so after my mother passed away, life continued. This is always the worst and deep sadness. I found comfort in my faith. I threw myself into my work. Even if I couldn’t see or read it, I believed I was repairing it Lord of the Rings Without shedding tears. I asked myself I was fine.
And more than two years later, LEGOS: 2,017 small pieces of plastic shires snap together on a small folding table in my office. I build a cart of Gandalf of fireworks. I cry. I place a small sunflower on the LEGO grass. I cry. When I rebuild Shire, I listen to the soundtrack of a Howard Shore movie. I cry. And I will heal.
The films, games and books that drive us can be easily dismissed, especially in spiritual circles, as an object of passage and immature affection, like Ephemera. Our return to a place of cultural significance is the early days of encountering a vivid clarification of something deep within ourselves, which may look more than nostalgia.
Still, they can bear what they inspire.
What we love – what has become loved between time and tides can speak to us in an age of deep collapse and pain, and provide space for us to participate in the sacred transformation that will spark loss. Returning to the books, movies and games that marked us in our youth, we remember who we are. It was.
Without realizing it, after my mother passed away, I divided my life into two eras. It’s a life with her and a life without her. But the small meditative practice of placing small LEGO blocks to recreate a world where good exists and hope is fulfilled, visceral reminders that calculus is not so simple.
Reconstructing the Shire, I am still a child experiencing the magic of the epic new world that my mother opened up for me. I’m still a teenager. Ring Fellowship By the way, my mom was with my best friend. I am a woman who must continue without her, and because I turn my face forward in faith, I am a woman who knows that hurt, loss and sorrow are redeemed.
“I’m rebuilding the Shire,” I frequently announce to my husband as I run away to put together Lego. What we both know is that I am rebuilt, renewed and transformed myself.
As we get older, we often revisit our old favorites in new ways. Our favorite characters change and sympathy changes. Character arcs once thought to be simple hold more nuances. Heroic acts towards teenagers may be read as false virtues by skeptical adults. Our love of pop culture can be a portal like Narnia, a mirror that we ourselves are revealed.
Perhaps it’s not surprising that such returns can be deeply healed.
At the end of Lord of the RingsFrodo realizes that he must leave Shire – the deep emotional wounds of his journey. As part of his preparation to leave, he writes an account of their journey, leaving behind unfinished chapters and some blank pages. “I’m pretty finished, Sam,” he says to his beloved best companion. “The last page is for you.” Similarly, the story and pop culture gifts of our childhood, “for us” have probably ended by the author or creator, but are a lasting task for those who come back to see themselves with images, words and scripts. In the Valley of Darkness, these formative works serve as lamplights along the road, artifacts of greater bounty. This is a place of encounters between what is written and what is not yet said, a place where we can prolong and patient.
Source: Christ and Pop Culture – christandpopculture.com
