Now when first Vingilot was set to sail in the seas of heaven, it rose unlocked for, glittering and bright; and the people of Middle-earth beheld it from afar and wondered, and they took it for a sign, and called it Gil-Estel, the Star of High Hope. And when this new star was seen at evening, Maedhros spoke to Maglor his brother, and he said: ‘Surely that is a Silmaril that shines now in the West?’
And Maglor answered: ‘If it be truly the Silmaril which we saw cast into the sea that rises again by the power of the Valar, then let us be glad…”
“…for its glory is seen now by many, and is yet secure from all evil.’
(Finally had a chance to finish the two companion pieces for my first “New Star” painting.)
A star is born… Wishing one and all a much much merrier Christmas than the murder dads had.
