“I DO NOT TROUBLE MY SPIRIT TO VINDICATE ITSELF…” (WALT WHITMAN) II

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“I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood…I exist as I am, that is enough” is what Walt Whitman wrote in his poem “Song of Myself,” which lives in his poetry collection, Leaves of Grass.

It’s rather difficult to inhabit this sentiment on most occasions, but it’s quite the thing to aspire to. This is a highly textured piece and responds interestingly to different lighting.

Part of a series.

30h x 30w x 0.75d (inches); acrylic, ink, cotton gauze, muslin, silk on wood-backed canvas