/dev/nullCameron PurdyCareful Subtlety- May 1, 2008 Sometimes I wonder how authors can wrap up a thought, an idea, an emotion, a taste, a scent, a state of mind, a picture or a scene, and bundle it into those specific words and in that specific order that allows us to unpack it even hundreds of years later, and to feel and see and smell what the author felt and saw and smelt .. and sometimes even enjoy a chuckle with the author. This is one of my favorite examples, from T.S. Eliot. Every time I read it, I am sitting there in the restaurant with.http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/imagery |