The cover of A Northern Spring does such an excellent job of interpreting the book visually. The first thing I see in this image is an egg, before I see that the egg is made of flora. An egg is potential. It can hatch life for individuals. It can sustain life for species. Louis Cyphre (look him up) says, "You know, some religions think that the egg is the symbol of the soul, did you know that?"
An egg is fragile approached with hardly any force at all from the sides, almost indestructible when approached with great and sustained force at each of its poles. This egg emerges from the darkest dark and its casing is not made of calcium carbonate crystals but of flowers that mimic lungs (perhaps hemispheres), the red-orange flowers like opening hearts in mirror image, north and south.
The potential and precariousness here are great in equal measure. It's hard to imagine a different cover being a better fit for the the book. All the credit goes to Joel W. Coggins, gracious and thoughtful human, cover designer extraordinaire.
An egg is fragile approached with hardly any force at all from the sides, almost indestructible when approached with great and sustained force at each of its poles. This egg emerges from the darkest dark and its casing is not made of calcium carbonate crystals but of flowers that mimic lungs (perhaps hemispheres), the red-orange flowers like opening hearts in mirror image, north and south.
The potential and precariousness here are great in equal measure. It's hard to imagine a different cover being a better fit for the the book. All the credit goes to Joel W. Coggins, gracious and thoughtful human, cover designer extraordinaire.
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