Oh, that line definitely makes me think Fiyero -- it's not just you.
And I like what you said about having a "new favorite" line every time you think about it. I love Eliot because he never leaves me, even if I want him too. I just finished writing a sonnet inspired by something in Wasteland (I'm really proud of it, surprisingly).
Maybe like drawing an ear without a body? Because without a brain, it can't process the sounds, anyway. The sounds are still there, but they're meaningless without the rest of the person. Granted, you can say the same thing for the eye -- without the person it's nothing. Beauty's not so much in the eye of the beholder as it is quite literally *in* the beholder -- the eye on its own doesn't do much good. (This reminds me of what Mrs. McClure said last year about how disembodied body parts in Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock show the chaos and lack of connection felt by the speaker. I like that idea.)
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Date: 2007-03-28 04:14 am (UTC)And I like what you said about having a "new favorite" line every time you think about it. I love Eliot because he never leaves me, even if I want him too. I just finished writing a sonnet inspired by something in Wasteland (I'm really proud of it, surprisingly).
Maybe like drawing an ear without a body? Because without a brain, it can't process the sounds, anyway. The sounds are still there, but they're meaningless without the rest of the person. Granted, you can say the same thing for the eye -- without the person it's nothing. Beauty's not so much in the eye of the beholder as it is quite literally *in* the beholder -- the eye on its own doesn't do much good. (This reminds me of what Mrs. McClure said last year about how disembodied body parts in Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock show the chaos and lack of connection felt by the speaker. I like that idea.)