Drawing without sight

Eddy & Edna

I closed my eyes and drew a bunch of lines with nothing special in mind.  Then I put color in the spaces between the lines. This seems to me like a metaphor for the way some of us live our lives, moving forward on a wing and a prayer, hoping for the best, making the most of what we have.

 The phrase "On a Wing and a Prayer"  may have originated during WWII.  In the 1942, a film The Flying Tigers had John Wayne's character Captain Jim Gordon say, in a reference to the flight of replacement pilots:

Gordon: Any word on that flight yet?
Rangoon hotel clerk: Yes sir, it was attacked and fired on by Japanese aircraft. She's coming in on one wing and a prayer.

The phrase was taken up by songwriters Harold Adamson and Jimmie McHugh and their WWII patriotic song Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer, 1943.  It tells of a damaged warplane, barely able to limp back to base: 

One of our planes was missing
Two hours overdue
One of our planes was missing
With all its gallant crew
The radio sets were humming
We waited for a word
Then a noise broke
Through the humming and this is what we heard

Comin' in on a wing and a prayer
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer
Though there's one motor gone
We can still carry on
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer

What a show, what a fight, boys
We really hit our target for tonight
How we sing as we limp through the air
Look below, there's our field over there
With just one motor gone
We can still carry on
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer