I really like both words wax and wane--and use 'em both a lot.

But the wax word has always bothered me because I think of wax as something that decreases. I mean, you burn that candle and the wax disappears.

That is until The Whale Wax information disclosed on Animal Safari.

Suddenly I got it! Wax in the whale's ear really does grow and grow and grow, doesn't it!! And now I can transfer the meaning of wax to all places where ear wax grows.

So, whenever you're in a frilly, creative, gushing kind of mood--or even a contemplative, soft, easing-out kind of mood--and you're thinking you're waxing poetic, just imagine that great big glob of whale's earwax growing there beneath the Seven Seas. That image should add a precious little dimension to your poetic self-awareness!

Best regards,
WhaleWax