I really enjoyed reading this. It may even have given me an idea for a painting!
Any claim to perfection always makes me suspicious - who is defining what this perfection is, and would everybody really agree to it? Will dissenters be silenced to not destroy the image of perfection?
Denmark is sometimes descibed as being the happiest country in the world, and when talking about our country to outsiders I see that Danes will often confirm this and emphasize the traits that are positive and would lead to general happiness. But if you scratch the surface it is more complex. (of course!). So maybe the description of Aman that you would find in the Silmarillion is also a product of this behaviour: rosetinting the image to outsiders, and also selective memory of how it actually was?
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Any claim to perfection always makes me suspicious - who is defining what this perfection is, and would everybody really agree to it? Will dissenters be silenced to not destroy the image of perfection?
Denmark is sometimes descibed as being the happiest country in the world, and when talking about our country to outsiders I see that Danes will often confirm this and emphasize the traits that are positive and would lead to general happiness. But if you scratch the surface it is more complex. (of course!). So maybe the description of Aman that you would find in the Silmarillion is also a product of this behaviour: rosetinting the image to outsiders, and also selective memory of how it actually was?