Amid the bustle of everyday life, the Union-Gelände offers a moment of pure lightness. The butterfly plaque by Eberhard F. Gutberlet, cast in aluminum, captures the timeless words of musician Carlo Karges. It is a text that reminds us that the greatest discoveries begin where we leave our usual thought patterns and have forgotten our childhood.
Whoever stops in front of the blackboard reads instructions for astonishment: „He who hears butterflies laugh, knows what clouds taste like, will discover the night in the moonlight undisturbed by fear.“
These lines are more than just poetry – they are a plea for the power of imagination and overcoming the fear of the unknown. It's about shedding one's own fear, reaching far, and feeling foreign shores within oneself. The board invites you to become a „fool“ for a moment, to use the intelligence of the heart, and to travel through the entire universe in your thoughts.
At this location, the butterfly panel becomes a wake-up call for freedom. Directly above it hangs the artwork „Public Butterfly“ – a butterfly still bound by heavy chains. It symbolizes caged lightness, waiting to be freed by the power of thought. Carlo Karges from the group Novalis (the band, not the Romantic poet) shows us the way: Only those who remember the feeling of what clouds taste like and butterflies laugh will find the inner strength to finally break these chains of habit.
