T.S. Eliot — "the purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink"

“And all at once, the ink bleeds”

Uncle Jerry quotes T.S. Eliot's statement that 'the purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink' in connection with the line 'And all at once, the ink bleeds.' He argues that the ink on the painting bleeds and causes the ink on her writing to bleed, concluding that the poem is 'full of her own blood.' Angela also connects this to another TTPD song (The Prophecy) where Taylor says 'I'm feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen,' suggesting a thematic thread across the album.