Artwork: Mural by Mantra, *Là où fleurit l’émerveillement* Jussieu district, Versailles, October 2020

I love butterflies, they symbolise freedom, beauty, the ephemeral and flight. So the fact artist Mantra (@mantrarea, mantrarea.com) paints mostly butterflies in mural form is pretty special. Here’s Mantra’s exquisite mural he painted in the Jussieu district of Versailles, Là où fleurit l’émerveillement (Where wonder blooms), and he wrote this about it:

“A freehand-painted mural opening a window on my mother’s garden, located in Lessy. It’s especially in this place that my curiosity for the living grew, where as a child I spent whole days observing flowers and insects. Composed from my photographs, this painting pays tribute to the work of French botanist Bernard de Jussieu (1688-1777) which this Versailles neighbourhood bears his name.”