I don’t know what it is about butterlies that makes them so beautiful – their bright myriad hues, the way they move so gracefully from flower to flower and sit daintily on a petal or their delicateness.
But above all this, the most beautiful aspect of a butterfly is its metamorphosis. The evolution of a butterfly is just so beautiful – a metaphor for so many events in life. So many stories have been weaved around this and they are always a pleasure to listen to.
I see so many butterflies near my workplace and around home. Such an inspiration. I think this lovely creature will steal a lot of attention on my Moleskine.
Oh, and did you know butterflies were called flutter-bys? Makes more sense that way. Some spoonerism, that. There is another word for the process by which words undergo change over a period of time. I just cannot seem to get it off the tip of my tongue. Please help? 🙂
Kismitoffeebar 
The butterfly sketch is nice. When we were living in flats, there was a lot of greenery and I was able to see a lot of butterflies, back then. I still remember seeing a lot of little yellow butterflies. Rarely, we used to catch them with our shuttle bat. These days, I don’t see any! What’s this Moleskine, BTW?
Destination Infinity
Thanks DI ! 🙂 I remembe those yellow butterflies too. Here, we see a lovely mix of colours in an assortment of sizes!
More about Moleskine here – http://www.moleskine.com/en/
This looks lovely!! and no I didn’t know about flutter-bys!!! 😀
Thank you so much Smita! 🙂
Very pretty 🙂
You capture beauty around you at so many levels & reproduce it in multitude of colors in your words, crafts & sketches 😀
ME!
That is very very generous of you. Thank you 🙂
the butterfly sketch is pretty..
Ani ! Thankee! Missed you here for a while 🙂
So pretty Kismi, lovely choice of colors 🙂 You wouldnt believe, but I had been thinking of doing a butterfly sketch for a few days now 🙂
Thanks so much GB dearie! C’mon do it now and show us 🙂
Lovely with all the minute detailing!
I like the soundl of Flutter-bys than the evolved version 😀
Thank you Filter Kaapi! 🙂 Yes, it does sound cooler and more meaningful 😛
The sketch looks so real.Why don’t you try one transparent butterfly?
As in without colours? Actually, I did a black and white one and later filled it with red. Thanks KP 🙂 I will try one!
That sketch is lovely!
Flutter-by does sound better and more apt than butterfly. 🙂
Is ‘metamorphosis’ the word you are looking for? Or ‘evolution’?
Thanks so much TGND ! 🙂 The word is metathesis – a linguistic terminology. I just woke up to it today 😛 Basically means metamorphosis and evolution but just technical jargon 😛
I like flutter bys more… and it is so so lovely sketch 🙂
Thankoo dear Jas! 🙂
Awesome Flutter-by sketch Kismitoffeebar. And if you are into sketching, check this out: http://www.juanfranciscocasas.com/
Thank you Yash! I was thinking of you guys today! 🙂
Totally checking it out now!