A chrysalis can look so neat on the outside. Tightly wrapped, poised, dormant.

On the inside, however, a complete unmaking takes place, the caterpillar dissolving completely. It’s messy, undefined, even destructive at first.

In order to make the butterfly, the caterpillar is unmade.

Change is present in all of our lives. Life shifts all the time. Sometimes, these changes are more dramatic than others.

The last three years have been a time of intense change for me, affecting every par...