spider web (patterns in nature series)

The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider web."  ~Pablo Picasso

I'm thankful today that i could witness such a delicate yet strong work of art. Posting this image brought to mind a poem i wrote several years ago:


Faith

I saw the spider clinging to the tiny thread that morning
as the wind whipped and spun it
up
and
down

round and round

later in the day, he was still there
clinging

i could barely see the thread
it looked like he was floating

in mid-air