Morgan RYan

 Movable Type Issue No. 12 Cover Design

At a risk of leaning into cliché with our freedom theme, this issue’s cover nonetheless obliged a symbolic nod to this concept. An eagle soaring through the sky, free as a bird, seemed too obvious for the rich selection from this year’s Young Poets Contest Winners.

Still, the idea of flying felt appropriate to explore, albeit through another creature of flight: butterflies, forever young, many living for only a few short weeks. However, it goes without saying that emerging from a cocoon into the freedom of flight is only part of the butterfly’s story.

Imagine encountering a fossilized butterfly wing, forever preserved; its life recorded for you to observe, long after its brief time on earth. That final flap, as well as all the flaps that preceded it, may seem like small, trivial events. But, what that butterfly may never know is the part they play on a much more complex system.

These Young Poets, regardless of age, have full stories to tell, imprints to leave–much like a vibrant butterfly flapping its wings, we hope that our Young Poets leave their imprints on the world, too, and it’s an honor if it begins here, being published in Movable Type.

Morgan Ryan is an independent consultant who provides creative direction, graphic design, and website development services to propel marketing strategies forward for growing organizations. As a print and web designer, her work can be found on book covers, the websites of dozens of startups as well as mid-sized business and financial consulting firms, and in the multimedia promotions found across her clients social media platforms. Her advertising design work has been featured on Comcast Sportsnet, as well as large outdoor digital displays in San Francisco International Airport as well as the Washington D.C.’s Metro and the Capital One Arena. Morgan is an active member of the 1455 team and is involved in the daily activities of producing materials to support 1455’s variety of ongoing programs, as well as the e-magazine Movable Type, annual Summer Festival, the ongoing workshop series, and other developing programming.

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