Sri Aurobindo

Letters on Poetry and Art

SABCL - Volume 27

Part 2. On His Own and Others’ Poetry
Section 3. Practical Guidance for Aspiring Writers
Remarks on English Usage

On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [10]

In my use of “loft” I follow its derivation from German “Luft” = the air, and Icelandic “lopt” = sky, upper room.

Derivations are depravations — even when they are right they are useless,— what matters is what the word means, not what something else meant which gave birth to the word.