I have shamelessly borrowed the name of this section from Herman Melville’s great novel “Moby Dick”. It starts with a seemingly random collection of quotes about whales gathered from all kinds of sources. And that’s what I want here...

Incidentally, there’s a lot of rope in Moby Dick, and Captain Ahab meets his end lashed to the body of the White Whale by hundreds of feet of it. And the voyage of the Pequod covers the eastern and western halves of the watery world, fusing them both into one great theme...

rope binds
rope bonds
rope holds
rope caresses
rope posesses
rope makes
brakes
rope high
low
up
down
rope pinches
grinches
rope fights
rope confronts
rope teaches
preaches
loves
kicks
rope whips
rope bites
rope hugs
tastes
wastes
takes
gives
rope lives
rope here
rope now
rope wrong
rope right
rope right now
hard
soft
deep
down
rope feels
steals
tightens
frightens
rope swings
sings
stings
jumps
revives
defies
rope cares
rope cures
rope winks
rope allures
open
close
rope guides
rope points
flirts
flies
cries
ties
never lies
rope rocks
rope rolls

rope RULEZ!

(inspired by J. Deelder about JAZZ :) )

(Marrow )

Shibari is embodied art.

(PoisonBeatrice )

I do macrame, with people inside.

(origin unknown, quoted by ShaiPeriHawk)

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