Thinking not only of the Deus absconditus, but that all being is inherently recondite,
I recall what natural selection makes of camouflage: those who taste the sweetest are the ones who must hide.
Beware of bright colors, whether in tree frog or beetle!
So sing the gaudy mimics . . .
I live in an Appalachian hollow in the Juniata watershed of central Pennsylvania, and spend a great deal of time walking in the woods. Here’s a bio. All of my writing here is available for reuse and creative remix under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. For attribution in printed material, my name (Dave Bonta) will suffice, but for web use, please link back to the original. Contact me for permission to waive the “share alike” provision (e.g. for use in a conventionally copyrighted work).