Butterflies

Sometimes, when I look at the natural world, I can’t believe it is anything but extraordinary, the depth of its presence and past, the transparent color palette, and one that I imagine from the ethereal experience. I’m moved by the subject’s complex offerings yet soothed by the calmness it projects. I contemplate the symmetry and captivating luminosity of the scene before me; its influential properties profoundly steer my subconscious to the moment.

Butterflies were photographed at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis