The Houses of Healing: Tolkien, Fantasy, and the Road to Recovery

[@mirowena]

A beautiful talk about Tolkien and healing from trauma.

[@MaryPGalbraith]

Dear John Garth, What a magnificent lecture. I was moved to tears several times--your readings brought commanding presence to every word. A tour de force. Your admirer, Mary Galbraith PS On the light-hearted side, I enjoyed your endearing habit of shuffling papers as if looking for something without ever losing your "place."

[@EllorEshurizel]

Thank you so much, Mary. I will take note of the fact that paper-shuffling is endearing (something that never occurred to me before). Next time, I'll do more.

[@pilarerika3196]

I have really enjoyed listening to this talk and seeing the way in which John Garth expressed its content through his movements, gestures and modulation of his voice.

[@joancarlesnirnaeth3366]

Looking forward to "Tolkien's Mirror", title you already told me you had chosen there in 2017

[@EllorEshurizel]

Me too! 😀

[@maksphoto78]

Great talk, loved it.

[@YvonneAburrow]

Beautiful delivery of both the talk and the excerpts from the book. Weirdly Michael Tolkien also had that dream of the wave overwhelming the land. (Edited to add: ah you mentioned it later on in the talk)