In August 2021, when Provincetown, MA, lobster fisherman Captain Michael Packard was diving to retrieve a trap, a humpback whale "swallowed" him. But whales, although mammals, are vegetarians. Long story short: Captain Mike was spit out of the whale's mouth and went on to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live (https://youtu.be/K7iAlZzVenU) So unlike Jonah, he did not make "his home in that fish's abdomen."

These paintings represent my interpretation of what it looks and feels like to be inside of a whale's mouth...

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