Margaret Peterson Haddix. The Summer pf Broken Things. Simon and Schuster Books for Young readers, 2018.
I felt the need for something bright today and what could be better than an exploding flower.
Via: Goodreads
The Art of Book Design: The Summer of Broken Things
I don’t perceive this flower as exploding, instead I see it as destroyed. Even though yellow might be a bright color, I see this image as very sad. What I see here is a beautiful living thing destroyed on purpose by human hands.
I’m assuming you perceive this photo of a flower differently than I do.
Andreas,
On a purely visual level the spray of petals reminds me of the sun’s rays or fireworks, but I do also see the poignancy of ‘brokenness’ that you note. I also see this brokenness against a backdrop of white possibility and accept that all things are subject to entropy and that when something is destroyed, something else is created.
I tend to agree with Andreas, and moreover, my immediate response to this was “Gosh, I get a summer?”