Expressive Egg

Expressive Egg

Share this post

Expressive Egg
Expressive Egg
Talking of Which, 18.04.23

Talking of Which, 18.04.23

Animism, April, AI & Tai

Apr 18, 2023
∙ Paid
Share

The Waste Land

What did T.S.Eliot mean by ‘April is the cruellest month?’ Is it that March brings the first sunny sense of relief that winter is over, but then April comes with grim freezing days of slanting rain in your deceived face?

It used to make me laugh, speaking Spanish, that their word for ‘disappointed’ is ‘desilusionado’ — disillusioned — you put your arms around someone with a broken heart and say, consolingly, ‘you had a lot of illusion, eh?’

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Darren Allen
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share