What is Tom Bombadil?
What is Tom Bombadil?
He is not a hobbit, neither a man, but what is he? Is he a dwarf? A wizard? A god? Something else entirely?
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the Navajo had a tradition of weaving a single, intentional imperfection into the patterns on their blankets and rugs.. they said it was so that their spirit didn't get trapped inside the weave..
12 1 ReplyTIL - I thought of this as a Persian tradition. Apparently the idea of a deliberate flaw in a woven work features in both cultures.
6 0 Replyvery cool to know.. it may have been a pretty common practice at one time..
4 0 ReplyJapanese do this too especially in pottery, it seems like a very old form of artisanry
3 0 Replyoohh, thank you for sharing that.. yes, it seems to belong to the very beginning of artistry itself..
1 0 ReplyI'm pretty sure Islamic art does a similar thing too, to highlight humanity's imperfection or something.
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