What is Tom Bombadil? abbadon420 ( @abbadon420@lemm.ee ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square50fedilinkarrow-up1119
arrow-up1119message-squareWhat is Tom Bombadil? abbadon420 ( @abbadon420@lemm.ee ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square50fedilink
He is not a hobbit, neither a man, but what is he? Is he a dwarf? A wizard? A god? Something else entirely?
minus-square hallettj ( @hallettj@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink7•1 year 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-square theodewere ( @theodewere@kbin.social ) linkfedilink4•1 year agovery cool to know… it may have been a pretty common practice at one time…
minus-square zkikiz ( @zkikiz@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 year agoJapanese do this too especially in pottery, it seems like a very old form of artisanry
minus-square theodewere ( @theodewere@kbin.social ) linkfedilink1•1 year agooohh, thank you for sharing that… yes, it seems to belong to the very beginning of artistry itself…
minus-square HaggierRapscallier ( @HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl ) linkfedilink1•1 year 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.