The drawings are respectively titled:
- It takes 110 moths to make a tie
- It takes many to make a shirt
- Even more to make a saree
On the one hand, I know if we don't covet silk, there probably won't be any more silkworms - at least the mulberry variety, which is completely domesticated. Plus, people eat the pupae, as snacks, as inexpensive protein so the moths are not wasted in any way. Still, I can't help wondering about our vanity, and at what cost?
I don't really like silk so I don't covet it. And I would never knowingly it the pupae. I guess I'm just too american, but then I'm also a picky eater.
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