{"id":6212,"date":"2010-06-01T23:32:06","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T06:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/?p=6212"},"modified":"2010-06-01T23:32:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T06:32:06","slug":"silks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/?p=6212","title":{"rendered":"Silks"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Noiseless Patient Spider – by Walt Whitman<\/b><\/p>\n

A noiseless, patient spider,
\nI mark’d, where on a little promontory it stood isolated;
\nMark’d how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding,
\nIt launch’d forth filament, filament, filament out of itself;
\nEver unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them. <\/p>\n

And you, O my Soul, where you stand,
\nSurrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space,
\nCeaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to
\nconnect them; <\/p>\n

Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold;
\nTill the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my soul.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From Paul Hillyard’s The Book of the Spider<\/i>: “For an equal diametre, spider silk is stronger than steel and about as strong as nylon. It is, however much more resilient and can stretch several times before breaking – it is twice as elastic as nylon and more difficult to break than rubber.”<\/p>\n

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Spider and Silks - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>
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Jumping Spider Silk - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>
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Gone - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>
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The Rebuild - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>
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Funnel Weaver - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>
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\"Cob<\/a>

Cobweb - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>
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\"Spider<\/a>

Starting All Over Again - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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The Waiting is the Hardest Part - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>\n

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