Calisthenics -- Week 7

I really liked Erika Meitner's idea of researching a topic you know nothing about to compile new vocabulary and information about the topic. SO i wanted to do that again. I went to Alex Grey's Lecture at the University of West Georgia last night and he spoke about a painting he did that i thought was really interesting. It was about the metemorphesis of a caterpillar to butterfly. The backbone of a lot of his work also has a lot to do with 'sacred geometry'. The way he explained it was interesting, but i didnt know anything about that process before his lecture. SO, i did some research.







Molting: Shedding skin



instar: the intervals inbetween molting. (there are 5 instars)



Imaginal discs -- the layers of skin that the caterpiller has. After each molt, the new skin is thicker and tougher.



Pupa / Chrysalis -- cacoon stage



Crochets -- groups of hooks on the caterpillar's prolegs



Exuvia -- name of the molted cuticle.



Diurnal—active during the day (enlightenment symbolism)



Puddling—Butterflies gather, or puddle, at damp spots.