Invisible Ink, how can I make it appear

Photo of Walt Whitman

“Yes–that was an actual moth,” he told Traubel; “the picture is substantially literal: we were good friends: I had quite the in-and-out of taming, or fraternizing with, some of the insects, animals.” Whitman told the historian William Roscoe Thayer, “I’ve always had the knack of attracting birds and butterflies and other wild critters.”⁹

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes" Walt Whitman

meaning Walt Whitman is discussing one of his favorite themes, and that is the concept of celebrating who he is as a human being, even if it is flawed, contradictory, or  imperfect.