By Anthony Trendl

The Joro Spider Journal: The Blue Book

The Joro Spider Journal: The Blue Book

50 gorgeous pictures with 50 amazing quotes from poetry, rock music, classic literature, and beyond.

This isn’t an ordinary journal. It is useful as a writing prompt, artistic inspiration, and discussion with a friend who loves nature.

It is a beautifully photographed look at the Joro spider with quotes from David Bowie, Lord Byron, the Bible, Charles Dickens, and more! Look, read, consider, and write.

Trichonephila clavata — The Joro spider — is a large spider native to Asia and has recently arrived in Georgia. It’s working its way around the South.

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
―Ethiopian proverb

Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today
To get through this thing called life
Electric word, life
It means forever and that’s a mighty long time.
―Prince

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil…
―Gerard Manley Hopkins

I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you’re mine, I walk the line.
―Johnny Cash