The Whale Guitar
is a work of art and an
Instrument of Change
that has been played
and signed by
hundreds of guitarists
on an epic journey
to amplify voices for
climate justice and
ocean health.
Created by artists
in the Ocean State,
the guitar and its journey
were inspired by
Herman Melville's
epic tale "Moby-Dick"
re-interpreted as a
climate change warning.
The whale represents
the force of nature
furiously rising up
in temperatures,
in storm magnitudes,
and in sea-levels,
as provoked by
human activity
under unbalanced
leadership
(symbolized by
mad Captain Ahab,
whose quest for
dominion over nature
imperiled an entire
world crew).
~Jen Long, founder