SPIDER HANGING ON BY A THREAD WALT WHITMAN
HANGING ON BY A THREAD AND WALT WHITMAN is a 10x8 digital work in a signed, limited-edition of 10 prints. The words are adapted from Whitman’s NOISELESS PATIENT SPIDER. The spider spits and spins that gossamer thread out and hopes it will catch somewhere in the vacant vast surrounding.. I sort of feel like the spider. We’re all like the spider. Spitting and spinning hoping the thread will snag some thing solid, some where, and anchor us. For the sake of our souls. Those of us who have them. Black souls, white souls, Pacific Rim souls. Ukrainian and Russian souls. Billionaire and pharmaceutical CEO souls. My Soul. Oh lordy lordy my soul! Yikes. Spit and spin hoping to anchor to something solid. Some where. Note, by the way, that Whitman is caught in the bright warm glow of sunny possibilities.