The Entwives #11

All of the projects in the rotunda were interesting so it was hard to pick a single one to reflect/respond to in a blog post. Yet here I am and the project that spoke to m the loudest was Genevieve’s about the Entwives. The illustration was detailed and lovely and the paragraph that accompanied it was short and sweet. The Entwive comes to life with the expression and posture he takes on the page. His face is solemn as he strides across the page while he seemingly contemplates his situation. As discussed in The Lord of The Rings the Entwives were once creatures that roamed Middle Earth in abundance. But then they disappeared, seemingly without reason. However their vanishing is attributed to the industrial destruction of the forest. This situation shares many parallels with our own reality. Sadly in our current era the Earth’s forest depletion and loss of species of both flora and fauna.

In Tolkein’s world the blurred knowledge of the Entwives is discussed with a sense of regret, because they won’t come back into existence. This is something that today many people don’t take seriously or at least as seriously and they need to be. Deforestation across the planet is occurring at an alarming rate. This piece and not only shows the lore from a great piece of writing but it also can be applied to today. The use of trees to serve the developing world is increasing everyday. I hope that if have not read the Lord of The Rings then I highly recommend you do and while you are reading why not give an article about forest preservation? Thanks for listening.