Thursday, July 21, 2005

Ordered this ring for myself last night... right hand, ring finger.

Ring of Barahir
Heirloom of the House of Isildur
"For this ring was like to twin serpents, whose eyes were emeralds, and their heads met beneath a crown of golden flowers, that the one upheld and the other devoured"
The Silmarillion: "Of Beren and Luthien"

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

see above

Jack Lord said...

i've been thinking about the power of symbols a lot lately and this ring is a symbol for my new life... new ring new finger

also, I just miss wearing my wedding ring! Not because of the marriage itself but as an object on my hand that I was used to... I liked to spin it around and tap it on things. I remember that scene is The Abyss (1989) where Ed Harris throws his wedding ring in the toilet then fishes it out. The ring later saves his life by stoping a steel door from shutting all the way. That's a symbol, of course. So basically, I need a new one so I can stop steel doors!