Drawing from my own experiences, I set out to create a piece that exemplifies the effects of higher education in prison. There are men engaged in Hope College and Western Theological Seminary's prison education program here in Muskegon, Michigan that embody the results of education in their words and in their conduct. It's easy to identify where they were prior to the transformative power of higher education versus where they are now as a result of it. I'm motivated to show what this metamorphosis looks like. The composition develops from dark to light, showcasing the character’s transformation like a caterpillar's progression when becoming a butterfly. I do not wish to disclose so easily what his activities have been beyond the visual representations, so I choose to use Latin instead of English with the hopes that the viewer will search out the words and their meanings. I've personally witnessed men building unhealthy communities in the past, so I count it as a blessing to witness the same men now creating healthy communities while inspiring others to seek their own transformation. Like the caterpillar that transforms into a butterfly, they can never revert back to what they were before. Higher education in prison is essentially a cocooning process for enduring positive change.