I didn’t think that it would be difficult to recruit a model for a composition I have in mind, but it is turning out to be more problematic than I expected. The need arises from my re-engagement with the poetry of T.S. Eliot. There is a particular passage in The Waste Land that has ignited … Read more
You might have guessed that it would not be too long before my perennial interest in T.S. Eliot reasserted itself, especially in view of the fact that this is the centenary of the writing of his great poem The Waste Land. Re-reading it (and watching a TV presentation about his life and work) it might … Read more
We’ve just finished listening to a radio adaptation of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. It was certainly an interesting experience, although it has left me with mixed responses to it. I know the poem well, as you will appreciate if you have looked through my “galleries”. The first thing we noted was that my wife’s … Read more
It is an interesting question as to what actually constitutes “thinking”. For some time now I have been puzzling over the possible title of a piece. This has not been troubling me much because until I have to exhibit it nobody needs to know. Now that I am making preparations to put it up for … Read more