T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (1939) is, at first glance, an outlier in the poet’s oeuvre. The same man who penned the solemn musings of The Waste Land and the spiritual interrogations of Four Quartets here turns his attention to a whimsical collection of feline character sketches, written in lively, metered verse. Yet, upon closer inspection, Old Possum’s Book … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review. – Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
The Adaptable Educator’s Book review – T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land
The Waste Land: A Fragmented Mirror of ModernityT.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (1922) remains one of the most enigmatic and revolutionary poems of the 20th century. With its fragmented structure, mythological allusions, and polyphonic voices, the poem embodies the fractured consciousness of the post-war world. Eliot’s dense intertextuality—drawing from sources as varied as Dante, Shakespeare, the Upanishads, … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book review – T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #71: Hollow Men – Crowded
Hollow Men - Crowded: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. There's a scene in Pink Floyd’s The Wall where we see the children with melted faces, being ushered forward to the slaughter… into a giant meat grinder. I believe this to be one of the origins of my … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #71: Hollow Men – Crowded
The New Renaissance Mindset 