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Mexico Inspiration Journal_057

Item

A notebook page with handwritten notes and a diagram about the process of metamorphosis in a cocoon.
Title
Mexico Inspiration Journal_057
Alternative Title
Mexico Inspiration Journal
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2017
Description
The image shows an open spiral-bound notebook. The left page contains a handwritten diagram and text, while the right page is blank. The diagram includes a circular flowchart with terms such as "Liquifying of old self," "Digestion of self," "Transformation," and "Imaginal disc." Arrows point to and from the circle, indicating a cyclical process. The right page has two questions written: "Who is the old self?" and "What is the butterfly?"
Identifier
017_2017_February 2017_Mexico Inspiration
Dates Completed
February, 2017 - February, 2017
Keywords
Cocooning; San Miguel de Allende; Mexico; 29 Pieces; Funding crisis; Photography; Beauty; Color; Doorways; Reckoning; High altitude; Breathlessness; Chronic pain; Expatriates; Demographics; Varanasi; Mortality; Health crisis; Butterfly Reserve; Pulmonary embolism; Hospitals; Epiphany; Limitations; Possibility; Self discernment; Calling; Belief; Habits; Divine guidance; Joy; Wounding; Prayer; Lightness; Friendship; Difficulty; Diminished strength; Defeat; Renewal; Disappointment; Admiration
Transcription
Left Page:
- WHAT Happens in a
- COCOON?
- This STOR
- liquifying of
- old self
- digestion of self
- transformation
- imaginal disc
- digestion of protein
- Some cells survive
- metamorphosis
- old self
- turns into
- wings, eyes,
- antennae
- and now we
- may see the butterflies

Right Page:
- Who
- is the
- old
- self?
- What
- is
- the
- butterfly?
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