D. melanogaster is holometabolous, meaning it undergoes a metamorphosis from its larval to adult form.
It is a metamorphosis that Ms. Cleaver doesn't discuss much.
Its history consists of a bloody, centuries-long retreat forced by infidels, from the Levant to Rhodes and finally to the island-fortress of Malta, where, instead of disappearing, it underwent a metamorphosis.
Then, because it involves a metamorphosis from liquid to vapour (invisible), and from this once again to liquid; but in this double journey, up and down, purity is attained, an ambiguous and fascinating condition … And finally, when you set about distilling, you acquire the consciousness of repeating a ritual consecrated by the centuries".
It's a metamorphosis to equal any in screen history".
Moreover, it's a metamorphosis we shouldn't want in the first place.
"I guess it's a metamorphosis in a way," says Richey of his changing sound, most notably on his Fix That Sound EP, released on Mood Records.
It was like a metamorphosis, it was so extreme.
Then it's like a metamorphosis happens when they put those uniforms on.
"The good news is that it has sparked a metamorphosis for traditional media," he said.
