7 Cycles of Life

The symbolism of the butterfly cycle is like a depiction of life itself. Many cultures look at this flying insect with ample respect and use it as a symbol for many life concepts. As people go through spiritual transformation, they retreat from the outside world to their inner being. Immersing oneself in inner reflection, one often envelops the outside world in a cocoon in which the most significant changes take place. When you become confident in your transformation, you can reappear to the world. Like the recently awakened butterfly, ready to fly after transformation, humans are also being reborn as renewed. Moths are creatures of the night- a flight to the light means a flight to the death for them. For various cultures in the world, the butterfly is an animal that symbolizes transformation, growth, personal progress, a clear direction in life.
In these series of portraits, I explored spiritual freedom in various levels of reality, connection between man and nature, and inner self. These photographs have a special lyricism and sentimentality spices and an optimistic gaze of man and life - poetic metaphors expressing generalized meanings and abstract values. However, the ethereal harmony theme is recurring and emanates throughout the image.

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