Our Cover Design

Devising a satisfactory cover design for use when there is no Cover Girl has been quite a problem. It had to be something that was attractive, appropri- ate, original and with some significance. The one finally chosen and used on this issue grew out of an evening's conference between TECLA 38-M-2FPE and my- self and was rendered into useable form by a profess- ional artist. We hope you like it.

In issue #27 the Virgin Views editorial was en- titled, "Psychiatry, Psychology or Philosophy". In it I pointed out that ancient Oriental philosophers considered man to be a manifestation of two polarit- ies, WISDOM and BEAUTY. They also developed the con- cept of the "Yang" and "Yin" or the masculinity and femininity in all of us. Carl Jung, the psychiatrist, modernized this concept with the words "Animus" for the masculine in the female and "Anima" for the fem- inine aspect of the male.

The cover drawing symbolizes all of this. The human head shown is symbolically divided into the masculine-Wisdom and the feminine-Beauty halves. Not that women cannot be wise, but masculinity is gener- ally thought of in terms of what a man thinks and does, while femininity is personified more visually and we think of her appearance first. The line, therefore, leaves most of the top of the head--the location of the brain-mind, on the masculine side and it is ap- propriately outlined in blue. Most of the face, on the other hand, is in the feminine area since the face shows beauty. This is properly outlined in pink.

Shadowy behind the head itself can be seen the ancient Chinese "Yang" and "Yin" symbol as represent- ed by the intertwining of the two comma-like shapes. This too, is oriented appropriately so that one half

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