We form a very personal relationship with the place we call home and even though we can replace one house with another, a trace of the old will always remain. A sediment of the familiar.
In this case not the metamorphosis of the environment, but by a drastic and sudden change in their environment, a metamorphosis of the person. We merge with our surroundings and things like maps and landmarks become imbedded in our memory and vocabulary.
Safety is a vital element of survival in South Africa and in this new environment we must release our preconceived ideas and open the border posts of our mind to new ideas and experiences that might change us. The self blurs and tries to establish new contours to define a transformed person.