Olóre Mallë, or the Path of Dreams, is the road that once led from the shores of Valinor (not too far from Kôr), by devious routes, to the land of Men - a path trod by children of the forefathers of Men. Children who have once played on the shores of Valinor and heard the distant songs of the Solosimpi will ever after feel the yearning in their hearts to fare forth into distant lands.
A concept that was abandoned by Tolkien himself early in the construction of the mythology of Middle Earth, Olóre Mallë makes its first appearance in the Book of Lost Tales, in a tale told by Lindo to Eriol (aka Ælfwine).
This seems like an apt thought to begin a blog - sure to become a place of lost ideas and forgotten thoughts. It may, perchance, even mean something someday. Till then, it will remain a lonely spot in this ever-expanding alternate universe we call the Internet.
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