The next day, walking at the Laguna Trail I noticed the wings of a tiger moth. The color and pattern is distinctive. I have always loved finding these colorful moths in my garden. They don't seem common so I never worry that they will eat much.
When a Tiger Moth has shed its wings, I know it has met its demise.
Or fed some hungry bird.
I carried the wings for awhile, wondering what I could do with them. I admired their beauty a little longer. Then I decided I needed to make a Tiger Moth collage.
When I got home I got curious what the Tiger Moth caterpillar looked like. I was surprised to discover it is a wooly bear. That was always a favorite caterpillar catch when I was a kid. I don't see those very often any more.
I felt sorry for this fine creature now seeming so rare.
In a previous career as a Mechanical Designer and Draftswoman, my job was to create drawings.... the plans, for how things are to be made. Things like brackets on satellites, laptop computer parts, and medical devices that help implant stents into people's bodies to save their lives. Without my careful drawings, these amazing things could not be created over and over reliably.
Now my work is more expressive, more collaborative with chance, or mysterious luck. It comes from a place of love and wonder. I can't help but think that what I create now, is creating another tiger moth. Or flower. Or flamingo. It is what my creativity has always done: bringing things into being.
So Tiger Moth it was for the collage last month. A reminder of the beauty of small things. To preserve their delicate being. And like a moth, be drawn toward the light.
Take care,
Emilie Munsch
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