Playing with Cover Designs

The creative process is not always (not often?) a democracy. I suppose it is a bit like cooking, or running a top restaurant's kitchen – recalling the little I know of how a French kitchen is run based on that very engaging film from director Brad Bird, "Ratatouille" (did I spell that right?). There has to be a hierarchy.

But hey, there's no harm in testing the waters – or the taste buds of others, just to keep to our metaphor.

Here is the draft cover design (by very good friend and graphic designer Joanna Ruiz) I am thinking of using for the Filipino poetry book of mine that UST Publishing House will release next year. The title, Baha-bahagdang Karupukan, roughly translates to "levels of fragility" although that fails to capture the image of a terrace or staircase that is inherent in the root word "hagdan."

I would like to know what random readers (if any) think about it.

I can't offer any compensation for your precious feedback. You could count it as your good deed for the day. I will greatly appreciate whatever views you would like to share. Thanks in advance.

Filed under: Africa, Asia, Influences, Mga Tula / Poetry, poetry Tagged: Baha-bahagdang Karupukan, Brad Bird, Jim Pascual Agustin, Joanna Ruiz, Ratatouille, UST Publishing House