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The <n>Argema mittrei</n> (Madagascar moon moth). Specimen provided by <n>Ilyas Insects</n>.

A photograph by <n>Batuhan Dedde</n> for <n>Fucking Young!</n> magazine.

A <n>Ghost Mantis</n>, <n>Dead Leaf Mantis</n>, <n>Banded Flower Mantis</n>, <n>Stick Mantis</n>, and <n>Giant Shield Mantis</n>.

“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

The <n>Mossgarden at Toshodai-ji</n> in Nara, Japan.

A conceptual living room design for <n>Minecraft</n> by artist <n>Artem Brullov</n>.

Cover of <n>The Georgics of Virgil</n> (1904), illustrated by <n>F. L. Griggs</n>.

A still from the 1942 <n>Disney</n> film, <n>Bambi</n>.

From the <n>Iceland</n> series by photographer <n>Franz Grünewald</n>.

“The word psyche means two things in Greek… Two very different but interesting things. Butterfly and soul. But when you stop and think about it carefully, butterfly and soul aren’t so different, after all, are they? A butterfly starts out as a caterpillar, an ugly sort of earthbound, wormy nothing, and then one day the caterpillar builds a cocoon, and after a certain amount of time the cocoon opens and out comes the butterfly, the most beautiful creature in the world. That’s what happens to souls as well… They struggle in the depths of darkness and ignorance, they suffer through trials and misfortunes, and bit by bit they become purified by those sufferings, strengthened by the hard things that happen to them, and one day, if the soul in question is a worthy soul, it will break out of its cocoon and soar through the air like a magnificent butterfly.”

— Paul Auster, *4 3 2 1*

<n>The Sun, the Moon and Stars</n> (1999) by artist <n>Greg Mort</n>.