My 2023 recap

3. January

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.

J.R.R. Tolkien, born Jan. 3, 1892.
A professor of Anglo-Saxon and of English language and literature at Oxford (1925–59)
Tolkien attained immortality and eternal love for the best literary work to ever grace the world The Lord of the Rings (1954–55),
consisting of The Fellowship of the Ring (film, 2001),
The Two Towers (film, 2002),
and The Return of the King (film, 2003).
The Hobbit (1937) serves as an introduction to the series,
The Silmarillion (1977) and The Children of Húrin (2007) as “prequels.” Set in the mythical past, the richly inventive tale chronicles the struggle between good and evil kingdoms to possess a magic ring that controls the balance of power in the world.
In the 1960s its popularity with young people made it a sociocultural phenomenon, and the release of a series of critically acclaimed films in 2001–03 renewed interest in the epic.
the movies live on today as some of dearest and nearest to my heart and my personal favorite.
in the professor's month so in his honour everyone should watch the extended trilogy.

few fun facts the lord of the rings universe started as a bed time story he told his son Christopher, which later evolved into the hobbit and the the magnum opus we have now.
another fun fact Tolkien was very much insecure about his writing and didn't want to publish it, till on one drunken night a friend of his stole the manuscript and sent it to the publishing group inspite of him.

Galadriel is loosely based on the professors wife "a being of pureness"
and Sauron his best friend "the best depiction of him inspite of him"

and Gandalf is loosely based on himself

#thread55

by: Ivan Aivazovsky

تأملتُ النجوم ،تركتُ القمر!

I'm gonna present Nikola Tesla in front of the class

لول كيف البارحة كان ذكرى وفاته

So it's just like what they say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

Ig I'm watching fleabag again

I didn't get a single word watching the movie
But I was obsessed with this piece since the Big Bang

"Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed.
You will never be lovelier than you are now.
We will never be here again."

- Homer, Iliad

sua lumina, sidus