Visualizing the journey through psychological trauma and the beauty of repair.

1. Empathy: This project required a sensitive approach to "fragmentation," the feeling of being split into pieces by life-altering events.

2. Define: I identified that the core visual needed to represent both the "break" and the "stitch," showing that we are more than the sum of our parts.

3. Ideate: I moved away from literal depictions of pain toward abstract, sculptural forms, testing how a single line could represent a "severed" connection.

4. Prototype: I layered organic textures against disciplined, geometric lettering to create a sense of harmony between chaos and order.

5. Test: The final piece is a sophisticated literary cover that honors the complexity of the human spirit without feeling heavy or hopeless.