It was hard for Ingrid Butler not to feel helpless whenever she heard or read about the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Syria, trying to make their way across the Mediterranean Sea to hoped-for safety.

Butler lived along the Amalfi coast decades ago; she still feels a deep connection to the area.

“It got me thinking what can I do, recognizing these people who are losing their lives trying to migrate, looking for a better life for their family,” says Butler, a multifaceted paper artist and longtime marbler. […]Butterflies are an icon of renewal, happiness and more than that. Freedom, metamorphosis,” she says.”

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