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Apparently it was the bossing around that Rebar refused, when she stopped studying with Ogion. Maybe Ohio, a maverick mage, would have shared his knowledge with her, but even if the wizardly hierarchy had accepted her, which seems doubtful, she evidently didn't want their kind of power. She wanted freedom.

Le Guin is a tonic.

Just starting the Other Wind. I'm a bit torn so far. As nice as it is to see Ged again, I'd really like it if they would just leave him alone.

"People who live immersed in the ceaseless present tense of electronic media may have no interest in the past, letting mythology replace history, as pre-literate peoples did. But as I grew up with the un-rearrangeable, implacable durability of print, my education gave me the sense of the past that perceives the present as only the bright restless surface of an ocean."

I miss her.

So much of Le Guins work is about letting people come into their own. This balanced with guidance.

"you have to know how to let it do. That's all mastery"

On the High Marsh is another beautiful tale from God's term as high mage. Not everyone with skill is suited for power.

The Bones of the Earth is all about Ogion's tuition as a young wizard and his master. Gont is such a special place.

That's the art eh? What to say and when to say it and the rest is silence

Darkrose and Diamond is again exploring magic and power through the sexes. Le Guin's oldmale characters have such an intense aversion to magic mixed with other things. To being social. To worrying and planning.
This particular story follows talented young musician Di as he decides whether to go to Roke or not and leave a life of love and music.