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"The most authentic
thing about us is
our capacity to create,
to overcome, to endure,
to transform, to love and
to be greater
than our suffering"

Ben Okri

The Story of Our Cover : www.dandelionbook.com

When we began looking for cover images for our anthology, NAVIGATING THE PANDEMIC: Stories of Hope and Resilience, we considered a variety of ideas from literal symbols about navigating (compasses, boats, lighthouses, stormy seas) to depictions of the actual coronavirus. We asked ourselves what message we wanted the cover to convey and what image would make people want to pick up our book and look inside?

At one point, I saw an exquisite watercolor painting of a dandelion on social media. I instantly felt that the dark center of the flower reminded me of some of the coronavirus images I was seeing in the media. But, the outer, airy seedlings suggested something much lighter and less foreboding. I was struck by the power and complexity of the dandelion-gone-to-seed: the threat and danger of the virus was surrounded by the hope and resilience of seedlings being blown into wishes for health and recovery. I realized that dandelion was the perfect metaphor for the stories in our book, and so we had our cover and the domain name for our book’s website: www.dandelionbook.com. The cover photo was taken by Don Werth.

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