Transmute: To change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

Transpose: To reverse or change the order of 2 or more things; swap or interchange.

Under the influence of the ever-changing moon, aspects of the self reach towards the light, emerge, flower, die back, dissolve and return to the darkness. As does all life. Over and over, another layer seeks expression, resolution, integration into an ever-changing matrix. In seeking soul evolution, the lotus symbolizes a fruition of spiritual practice. A trinity of lilies references a perfection of sorts: we nourish body, heart, mind; masculine, feminine, androgyne.

The triangular structure, rooted to a spiraling shell, a home in the shadow, reminds us that for every summer there is a winter, where we can tuck into our shell and transmute the gnawing edges of our own shadows. Afterwards, when we rise up and out again, we have transposed how we fit into life; we’ve swapped our old victim story for an empowered version.