better_than_ezra_pound epitome of incomprehensibility I can't say absolutely that someone is "better" than someone else, but at certain things? Why not!! -tender_square, for linking image to image in her prose and poetry -Awkwafina, for humour (surreal boasting, specifically). See the_case_of_Ezra_Pound And, from his time period/milieu, I'll add -HD, for better exemplifying the tenets of imagism in her work, even if Pound came up with the term -T.S. Eliot, for coherence and cat poems -James Joyce, for making up better words and not being a racist asshole, even if he was overly full of himself (and not in a sexual way...maybe) 220523 ... tender_square (awwww e_o_i, thanks so much for these unexpected_compliments. and you've just reminded me that i need to check out "nora from queens.") 220524 ... e_o_i My conversation with Mom earlier reminded of this title. "I don't like Philip Glass," she'd said. We were next to the piano. I played a bit of Metamorphosis 1. "You don't like that?" "That's all right." "Yeah, I like his jazzier stuff," I said, which was something that seemed true in the moment. I played a splayed-out chord and then continued. Did a bit of a riff on the stuff before but with more jazz progressions. Mom: "Is that Philip Glass?" "No, I'm just improvising." "Well, I like you better than Philip Glass." In a personal way? I would hope so. As a composer? I'm not counting on masses feeling that way too. But what I'd just played, I liked: it seemed goofily avant-garde, laid-back, and somehow inviting relational harmony. I wish I could summon whatever does that on command. Sometimes I'm all thumbs or misunderstandings. 230428 what's it to you? who go blather from