T.S. Eliot
Poet
American-British · 20th century
Modernist poet and literary critic. Nobel laureate. Known for The Waste Land and the formulation 'the purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.' His initials TS parallel Taylor Swift's.
Connection to Taylor Swift
Discussed in episode as the source of the "ink bleeds" image in loml. Hosts note parallel initials (TS).
Notable Works
- The Waste Land, Four Quartets, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Appears in the Archive
Context within the Archive
T.S. Eliot — "the purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink"
“"All at once, the ink bleeds"”
The hosts draw an explicit connection between Eliot's formulation of creative writing as the transmutation of personal pain, and the moment in loml where the wound becomes ink. The hosts also note Taylor's initials (TS) mirror Eliot's (TSE).
Podcast analysis