|TREE AND LEAF

Niggle, the painter from Tolkien’s story “Leaf by Niggle,” dreams of happiness in a society that doesn’t value subtle beauty. He imagines an ideal landscape with a forest, a mountain, a great tree, and begins to paint it, focusing on making each leaf extraordinarily beautiful. He yearned to live forever in peace, love, and happiness—though he could only dream and try to create it through his art.