(It had hurt, at first. A soft, cutting pang, every time they saw his father’s hand in his work rather than his own, every time their words of praise were merely comparison. It had hurt in that immaterial, indefinable way that words can hurt what you are.) (He was Curufinwë.)
Silm face studies of Fingon, Luthien, and Maedhros. Fun facts: Fingon’s facial features are based on my highschool dance coach, Luthien is based on my Grandma (Beren will naturally be based on Grandpa), and Maedhros isn’t really based on anyone, but I do think of Eddie Redmayne and Sophie Turner when I draw him (completely unintentional).
– Idril, Tuor, and Eärendil (and an invasion of swans pfff i drew the random swan being held as joke BUT THEN I ACCIDENTALLY DREW IT ON THE BACKGROUND so i just gave up cause it’s 4 in the morning -cries-)
Oh Mahal, have mercy… You poor man! That is an anvil of men, and is much too tall for you! No wonder that blade is bouncing every which way.Why did you not get a box? </Condescending Forgemaster Sauron>
A Glimpse of Hell – Stunning Shots of an Active Volcano
Two Kyrgyzstan-based photographers, Andrew and Luda, trekked to the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia where the volcano complex known as Tolbachik was in active eruption. Among the numerous hellish vistas photographed by the team was this deep volcanic cave that offered a glimpse of what it might look like below the Earth’s crust.
beautiful.
The Giver of Freedom insists that you leave the earth like this; he likes it better this way. (And who can blame him? I also prefer cookie-dough to cookies!)
jim and jamie dutcher (previously featured) lived for six years with a pack of wolves in the idaho wilderness of yellowstone. a constant but unobtrusive presence, they earned the trust of the wolves, and came to know them as complex, highly intelligent animals with distinct individual personalities.
they also saw the wolves to be caring, playful and above all devoted to family. “only a select few other species exhibit these same traits so clearly,” they note. “they are capable of not only emotion but also real compassion.”
they add, “it is an animal that cares for its sick and desperately needs to be part of something bigger than itself – the pack. the bond a wolf has to its pack is certainly as strong as the bond a human being has to his or her family.”
the dutchers also recount wolf behavior rarely documented: grief at the death of a pack mate; excitement over the birth of pups; and the shared role of raising young pack members.
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