abbadon420 ( abbadon420@lemm.ee ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 years agoWhat is Tom Bombadil?message-squaremessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1119file-text
arrow-up1119message-squareWhat is Tom Bombadil?abbadon420 ( abbadon420@lemm.ee ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 years agomessage-square49linkfedilinkfile-text
He is not a hobbit, neither a man, but what is he? Is he a dwarf? A wizard? A god? Something else entirely?
minus-squarehallettj ( hallettj@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years agoTIL - I thought of this as a Persian tradition. Apparently the idea of a deliberate flaw in a woven work features in both cultures.
minus-squaretheodewere ( theodewere@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agovery cool to know… it may have been a pretty common practice at one time…
minus-squarezkikiz ( zkikiz@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoJapanese do this too especially in pottery, it seems like a very old form of artisanry
minus-squaretheodewere ( theodewere@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agooohh, thank you for sharing that… yes, it seems to belong to the very beginning of artistry itself…
minus-squareHaggierRapscallier ( HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoI’m pretty sure Islamic art does a similar thing too, to highlight humanity’s imperfection or something.
TIL - I thought of this as a Persian tradition. Apparently the idea of a deliberate flaw in a woven work features in both cultures.
very cool to know… it may have been a pretty common practice at one time…
Japanese do this too especially in pottery, it seems like a very old form of artisanry
oohh, thank you for sharing that… yes, it seems to belong to the very beginning of artistry itself…
I’m pretty sure Islamic art does a similar thing too, to highlight humanity’s imperfection or something.