Hastings Cent Rep. 2017 Jul;47(4):inside front cover. doi: 10.1002/hast.727.
Often, it's difficult to match up our cover artwork with the subjects of our lead articles and special reports. Of necessity, we sometimes turn to pure abstraction. How else to illustrate technical policy articles on subjects such as changing research protocols or informed consent, or abstract ideas like congruence, duality, imbalance, causality? At such times, we have to be pretty creative, and my search for cover art can be long and challenging. In the end, we hope that the reader will make the connection between cover and content. However, at other times, the subject of a lead article or special report overflows with artistic possibilities.
通常情况下，我们很难将封面作品与主要文章和特别报道的主题相匹配。因此，我们有时不得不转向纯粹的抽象艺术。否则，我们如何说明研究协议或知情同意等技术政策文章或一致性、二元性、不平衡、因果关系等抽象概念？在这种时候，我们必须要有创造力，我寻找封面艺术作品的过程可能会很长，也很有挑战性。最后，我们希望读者能够将封面和内容联系起来。然而，在其他时候，主要文章或特别报道的主题会充满艺术可能性。
