March 21 Challenge:
We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast, When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes, And a man with his back to the East.
-Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

The words West and East are often used in the works of Tolkien. Write a story or poem or create an artwork that uses these words as the central focus, whether as cardinals, regions, or as metaphors.

To illustrate this particular challenge, I chose to do a calligraphy piece of the song that Aragorn and Legolas sang as they prepared Boromir's boat for his funeral.  I felt the invocation of the West, North and South Winds, as well as Aragorn's remark about the East Wind were appropriate to this challenge.

"Lament for Boromir"

Done on 10"X13" Bristol board with steel dip pen, using gold Sharpie and gouache for the illumination.