b'EDITORS LETTERLesley A. GoddinThe caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfl y gets all the publicity.George CarlinIts obvious that when a caterpil- Thisanalogyisoftenusedin lar goes into its chrysalis on its wayspiritualandpsychologicalcircles to being a butterfl y, lots of changestoexplainthechangesthattake takeplace.Squirmylittlecater- placeinindividualsduringperi-pillarsdontbecomelithe,odsofgrowthandstruggle. beautiful,wingedbeingsButhowmuchmoredoes overnightand not with- itapplyrightnowtoour out struggle. What actu- countryandourindus-ally happens inside thetry?Coronavirushas chrysalis is that the cat- dissolvedourusual erpillar body dissolvesstructuresandbehav-intomush.Imaginaliors into an amorphous cellscells that hadsoupofsorts.Weare beendormantinthein a holding pattern in caterpillarformacti- thechrysalisofour vate and start to createownhomessomeof the process of reformingusworking,someofus alltheorganicmaterialunemployedwithtimeon intothestunningbutterfl your hands, some of us receiv-that will emerge.ing government relief; some of us Imaginal cells dont initially coop- struggling mightily to pay our bills eratethey exist and operate inde- and care for our families with lack pendently, and are even attacked byofincome;someofustakingon the immune system when it doesntdifferent jobs to make ends meet in recognize them as being an integraltheinterim;someofusmanaging part of the being. Over time, theythis emotional and economic limbo multiply,andstarttoentrainwithwith patience and grace (with the eachother,cooperatingandcom- help of chocolate or alcohol), and municating to work in tandem andsome of us acting with impatience emerge as a brand new being.andaggression,insistingweget 14 TileLetter | June 2020'