Ayuthia Spectabile, the White Ghost Cicada.
When I first held this beautiful creature in my hand I gasped. Not from fear or disgust but in sheer awe at the patterns of the fragile wings, with their gold like veins, the touch of turquoise each side of its chunky body and the soft fuzz covering their shell.
I felt the urge to show this off to the world, to let people discover the beauty I was experiencing, to look past their phobia and see this unique beauty.
I want to challenge what comes to mind when you think of the word "beauty".
It's more than comfortable ideals and shiny products, designed to make us look and feel desirable. Beauty can be found in places you never dared to look, in colours, shapes and details you haven't noticed before.
Beauty no longer has a definition.
Let me show you.
