Music of the Waters Prompt Set 1
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b2memHere is the first set of prompts for B2MeM 2018! They range from situations to quotes to pictures to musical terminology.
1. "I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted." (The Two Towers, "The White Rider")
2. "There he wandered long in a dream of music that turned into running water, and then suddenly into a voice." (Fellowship of the Ring, "Many Meetings")
3. Over the mountains
And over the waves,
Under the fountains
And under the graves;
Under floods that are deepest,
Which Neptune obey,
Over rocks that are steepest,
Love will find out the way.
(Anonymous (17th century song))
4. By the starlit mere of Cuiviénen, Water of Awakening, they rose from the sleep of Ilúvatar; and while they dwelt yet silent by Cuiviénen their eyes beheld first of all things the stars of heaven. (The Silmarillion, “Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor)
5. Create a fanwork where a character unintentionally gets wet— caught in the rain, falling in a lake, or whatever you like.
6. https://unsplash.com/photos/VUfUY0JYweA (Man playing pan pipes)
7. "But the songs wither, and the world worsens." ("The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorthelm's Son")
8. Then I thought in my heart that we drew near to the Sea; for wide was the water in the darkness, and sea-birds innumerable cried on its shores. (Return of the King, “The Last Debate”)
9. ... a marching music began like solemn drums, and above the rolling beats and booms there welled voices singing high and strong. (The Two Towers, “Treebeard”)
10. Improvisation: the art or act of playing music, harmonies or variations that are composed on the spot without previously learning them; making it up as you go along
11. The song of Fingon Elves yet sing,
captain of armies, Gnomish king,
who fell at last in flame of swords
with his white banners and his lords.
(The Lay of Leithian)
12. https://unsplash.com/photos/6TWiFzTv-Yc (Hand pressing wall in the rain)
13. Mostly Ulmo speaks to those who dwell in Middle-earth with voices that are heard only as the music of water. For all seas, lakes, rivers, fountains and springs are in his government; so that the Elves say that the spirit of Ulmo runs in all the veins of the world. (The Silmarillion, “Valaquenta”)
14. By hard fate was she born into such days, for she was gentle of heart and loved neither hunting nor war. Her love was given to trees and to the flowers of the wild, and she was a singer and a maker of songs. (Unfinished Tales, “Narn i Hîn Húrin”)
15. Create a fanwork where a character crosses a river or the ocean.
16. A seer long silent
her song upraised--
the halls hearkened--
on high she stood.
Of doom and death
dark words she spake,
of the last battle
of the leaguered Gods
(Völsungakviða en nýja (The New Lay of the Völsungs))
17. Then taking two leaves, he laid them on his hands and breathed on them, and then he crushed them, and straightway a living freshness filled the room, as if the air itself awoke and tingled, sparkling with joy. And then he cast the leaves into the bowls of steaming water that were brought to him, and at once all hearts were lightened. (The Return of the King, “The Houses of Healing”)
18. http://res.freestockphotos.biz/pictures/9/9950-seagulls-flying-over-the-beach-at-sunset-pv.jpg (Seagulls at sunset)
19. Now they had fair halls in the mountains, and store of goods, and their days did not seem so hard, though in their songs they spoke ever of the Lonely Mountain far away. (Return of the King, Appendix A.III, “Durin’s Folk”)
20. Nocturne: a night-piece, music that evokes a nocturnal mood
21. It was hushed and without music, as if one had died there not long since; for in Númenor in those days it was the part of men to play upon instruments, and the music that Ancalimë heard in childhood was the singing of women at work, out of doors, and away from the hearing of the White Lady of Emerië. (Unfinished Tales, “Aldarion and Erendis”)
22. ...but the water before them was dark, with only a few curling wisps like steam among the reeds by the bank. (Fellowship of the Ring, “A Conspiracy Unmasked”)
23. And as they lay in silver white
another song she sang, of night
and darkness without end, of height
uplifted to the stars, and flight
and freedom. (Lay of Leithian)
24. https://unsplash.com/photos/wPaBwop_rSo (Violin)
25. Water rights and water access
26. And the wind has blown half the tiles off my roof, and water is pouring into the bedroom. (Leaf by Niggle)
27. herein cold water rushes through the apple branches,
and the entire space is overshadowed by roses,
and from the shimmering leaves
sleep pours down.
(Sappho, trans. Gregory Nagy and Casey Dué)
28. At times he [Ulmo] will come unseen to the shores of Middle-earth, or pass far inland up firths of the sea, and there make music upon his great horns, the Ulumúri, that are wrought of white shell; and those to whom that music comes hear it ever after in their hearts, and longing for the sea never leaves them again. (The Silmarillion, “Valaquenta”)
29. http://res.freestockphotos.biz/pictures/16/16665-aquatic-environment-with-trees-pv.jpg (Pond with trees)
30. If the character of your choice looked in the Mirror of Galadriel, what would they see?
31. Home is here, and familiar things;
A cup, a wooden bowl, a blanket,
Prayer, a gift for the god, and sleep.
(And music, says the harp,
And music.)
(Mary Stewart, “Rest Here, Enchanter”)
1. "I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted." (The Two Towers, "The White Rider")
2. "There he wandered long in a dream of music that turned into running water, and then suddenly into a voice." (Fellowship of the Ring, "Many Meetings")
3. Over the mountains
And over the waves,
Under the fountains
And under the graves;
Under floods that are deepest,
Which Neptune obey,
Over rocks that are steepest,
Love will find out the way.
(Anonymous (17th century song))
4. By the starlit mere of Cuiviénen, Water of Awakening, they rose from the sleep of Ilúvatar; and while they dwelt yet silent by Cuiviénen their eyes beheld first of all things the stars of heaven. (The Silmarillion, “Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor)
5. Create a fanwork where a character unintentionally gets wet— caught in the rain, falling in a lake, or whatever you like.
6. https://unsplash.com/photos/VUfUY0JYweA (Man playing pan pipes)
7. "But the songs wither, and the world worsens." ("The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorthelm's Son")
8. Then I thought in my heart that we drew near to the Sea; for wide was the water in the darkness, and sea-birds innumerable cried on its shores. (Return of the King, “The Last Debate”)
9. ... a marching music began like solemn drums, and above the rolling beats and booms there welled voices singing high and strong. (The Two Towers, “Treebeard”)
10. Improvisation: the art or act of playing music, harmonies or variations that are composed on the spot without previously learning them; making it up as you go along
11. The song of Fingon Elves yet sing,
captain of armies, Gnomish king,
who fell at last in flame of swords
with his white banners and his lords.
(The Lay of Leithian)
12. https://unsplash.com/photos/6TWiFzTv-Yc (Hand pressing wall in the rain)
13. Mostly Ulmo speaks to those who dwell in Middle-earth with voices that are heard only as the music of water. For all seas, lakes, rivers, fountains and springs are in his government; so that the Elves say that the spirit of Ulmo runs in all the veins of the world. (The Silmarillion, “Valaquenta”)
14. By hard fate was she born into such days, for she was gentle of heart and loved neither hunting nor war. Her love was given to trees and to the flowers of the wild, and she was a singer and a maker of songs. (Unfinished Tales, “Narn i Hîn Húrin”)
15. Create a fanwork where a character crosses a river or the ocean.
16. A seer long silent
her song upraised--
the halls hearkened--
on high she stood.
Of doom and death
dark words she spake,
of the last battle
of the leaguered Gods
(Völsungakviða en nýja (The New Lay of the Völsungs))
17. Then taking two leaves, he laid them on his hands and breathed on them, and then he crushed them, and straightway a living freshness filled the room, as if the air itself awoke and tingled, sparkling with joy. And then he cast the leaves into the bowls of steaming water that were brought to him, and at once all hearts were lightened. (The Return of the King, “The Houses of Healing”)
18. http://res.freestockphotos.biz/pictures/9/9950-seagulls-flying-over-the-beach-at-sunset-pv.jpg (Seagulls at sunset)
19. Now they had fair halls in the mountains, and store of goods, and their days did not seem so hard, though in their songs they spoke ever of the Lonely Mountain far away. (Return of the King, Appendix A.III, “Durin’s Folk”)
20. Nocturne: a night-piece, music that evokes a nocturnal mood
21. It was hushed and without music, as if one had died there not long since; for in Númenor in those days it was the part of men to play upon instruments, and the music that Ancalimë heard in childhood was the singing of women at work, out of doors, and away from the hearing of the White Lady of Emerië. (Unfinished Tales, “Aldarion and Erendis”)
22. ...but the water before them was dark, with only a few curling wisps like steam among the reeds by the bank. (Fellowship of the Ring, “A Conspiracy Unmasked”)
23. And as they lay in silver white
another song she sang, of night
and darkness without end, of height
uplifted to the stars, and flight
and freedom. (Lay of Leithian)
24. https://unsplash.com/photos/wPaBwop_rSo (Violin)
25. Water rights and water access
26. And the wind has blown half the tiles off my roof, and water is pouring into the bedroom. (Leaf by Niggle)
27. herein cold water rushes through the apple branches,
and the entire space is overshadowed by roses,
and from the shimmering leaves
sleep pours down.
(Sappho, trans. Gregory Nagy and Casey Dué)
28. At times he [Ulmo] will come unseen to the shores of Middle-earth, or pass far inland up firths of the sea, and there make music upon his great horns, the Ulumúri, that are wrought of white shell; and those to whom that music comes hear it ever after in their hearts, and longing for the sea never leaves them again. (The Silmarillion, “Valaquenta”)
29. http://res.freestockphotos.biz/pictures/16/16665-aquatic-environment-with-trees-pv.jpg (Pond with trees)
30. If the character of your choice looked in the Mirror of Galadriel, what would they see?
31. Home is here, and familiar things;
A cup, a wooden bowl, a blanket,
Prayer, a gift for the god, and sleep.
(And music, says the harp,
And music.)
(Mary Stewart, “Rest Here, Enchanter”)
