Prophecy of the Beetle

'Natalia Beylis' 'Prophecy of the Beetle' maps the tiny world of an insect's journey through wood onto the landscape of the mind' - Abi Bliss, The Wire 'Prophecy Of The Beetle is downright surrealist in its games with scale and the way the non-musical will mutate into the musical and vice versa.' - Joe Muggs, Sound of Life I was collecting wood for the fire one evening when I came across a piece of ash etched by a bark beetle. The embellishments were mesmerising. I brought the wood up to my studio and interrupted it's destiny of ending up as flames in the stove.