butterflies are free...

i've always

had a passion

for butterflies...

.

purple butterflies

to be more exact

they've always represented

freedom to me

a carefree spirit

yet they don't start

out so free

they must go through

 a metamorphosis

a life changing

a strengthing

 before their

true beauty is to be seen

back in october when

i first viewed this

beautiful batik

i thought it was being

sent to me

as a forecast

of my own transformation

that i'd been working on

diligently for the past

few years

a tremendously hurtful phone call

one august day

wrapped me tight in hiding

my own chrysalis

of sorts

my opening has come slowly

when least expected

from the most unsuspecting

of sources

friends across the world

and the

beauty of color

in fiber form