Cinco de Mayo made me think about emergence — not just celebration, but the courage to become. The Otomí tenango embroidery tradition literally tells stories of transformation through thread, and I wanted to fuse that with Genoese maritime ambition, that city of risk-takers and navigators. The chrysalis keepers aren't scientists — they're witnesses to the moment of becoming, and she IS that moment. I wanted her to look at us like we showed up right on time. — Volt