tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939290855438272306.post8970398486775125113..comments2023-09-19T08:52:46.269-05:00Comments on Alms for Oblivion: Savage Torporpiershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042745369869839918noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939290855438272306.post-86487965182935473062008-03-11T20:49:00.000-05:002008-03-11T20:49:00.000-05:00Thanks, Piers, for introducing me to Eliot's "Prel...Thanks, Piers, for introducing me to Eliot's "Preludes." which does indeed describe a world of savage torpor, a beautiful expression. My own experience of the city, however, is not one of "dingy shades" or "broken blinds and chimney pots" and certainly not of "ancient women gathering fuel in vacant lots." Instead of "savage torpor" I feel a world of distant cooperation, of sympathetic discourtesy, of casual creativity.Lao Qiaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295030239306528508noreply@blogger.com