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In present-day society, everywhere we look we are surrounded by images. Posters, magazine covers, cereal boxes, CD covers, and billboards bombard us on a daily basis. The messages conveyed in many pictures can often have a greater impact then any amount of word can, according to Mitchell Stephens. “Certain pictures can put most sentences to shame”, (Mitchell Stephens, The Presence of Others, “By Means of Visible: A Picture’s Worth”, page 486). Every image communicates a different message depending on the eye of the beholder. Whether one is looking at Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling or a family portrait of the Simpson’s, something is taken away from the image. Artists speak to their audiences through their paintings as musicians speak through their music and often through their CD covers. Consumers are initially drawn to the cover of a CD. If this wasn’t true then track listings would be placed on the front rather