In order to stay true to its nature and vocation, the caterpillar must embrace/be embraced by the cocoon – hidden, still – and become visible again in a physical expression unrecognizable as the caterpillar, despite fully sharing its DNA…
The ‘death’ of the cocoon is a rite-of-passage: the passing of an immature form; the turning-into a mature form (i.e. a form that is able to reproduce itself). The death of a caterpillar that does not metamorphose is simply death. And yet there is risk in the process, for the cocoon is vulnerable to prey: re-birth is not inevitable or guaranteed…
The wings of the butterfly are composed of hundreds of tiny cells, which are held together by networks of veins that provide structure. Some cells are small, and, combined, create overall pattern; other cells are larger, and create a fuller range of colour as they reflect the light that falls on them…
butterfly , (dis)continuity , emerging+church , spirituality
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