#158- Tolkien's The Silmarillion Part 2
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The Importance of Purpose in Creation
I don't think they're evil in their creation. I mean, objects are just objects. The problem is in not letting it go. You know, if they had proper beauty, they would have other functions too. But the fault lies with the fallen, harmed people. This is we wish we could be as good in the arts as they say. We wish we could have the immortality that they have. There's something to be sought. They're silmarils. What's the women? Well, except they can do stuff, but you know, the one of the deformations in the Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings was making Arwen ride a horse and save him from the
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