Tongue in teeth, the girl carefully plucked a little yellow butterfly from the grass. It perched on her finger, then flew away awkwardly, leaving the tiniest of eggs at her nailbed. She thought about running home to rear it, her enwombed butterfly child, but baptized it in a puddle instead.

Rebecca Hamlin Green is a writer and visual artist living in Chicago, IL. Her art explores patterns in nature and how they reflect, define or disrupt our notions of what it means to be human. Her complete portfolio of visual works can be found on her website at rebeccahamlinart.com.