@abbadon420@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoWhat is Tom Bombadil?message-square91fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1185arrow-down1message-squareWhat is Tom Bombadil?@abbadon420@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-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-squarehallettjlinkfedilink6•2 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-squaretheodewerelinkfedilink4•2 years agovery cool to know… it may have been a pretty common practice at one time…
minus-square@zkikiz@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 years agoJapanese do this too especially in pottery, it seems like a very old form of artisanry
minus-squaretheodewerelinkfedilink1•2 years agooohh, thank you for sharing that… yes, it seems to belong to the very beginning of artistry itself…
minus-square@HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nllinkfedilink1•2 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.