Surrealism in OOTP cover? OOPs

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 58254

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" 

Sorry its not on the promo cover but another promotional peice you 
can see at http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/5/hp5-
sticker-zoom.jpg 
Oops... :s

<valkyrievixen at y...> wrote:
> I Have finally got a look at the OOTP cover previews.
> 
> There is some speculation about who the three people are. My 
guesses 
> are Moody (of course), Lupin, and the younger face is, I think, 
Tom. 
> Well probably not though, that is the most mysterious one to me.
> 
> I would like to leave the faces speculation alone for now and 
relate 
> another point.
> 
> On each side there is a elongated head of an animal. To me it looks 
> as though it is intended to be ably interpreted as both a bird and 
a 
> snake. 
> 
> Forgive me, I am a bit of a fan of surrealism, and I am probably 
> making a lot more of this than it is.
>  
> Going ahead anyway, mad as I may seem. 
> 
> Are we given a hint here to consider Slyth and Gryff in a combined 
> form. I am seeing a kind of rotating balance between the forms of 
the 
> Pheonix and the Snake in the illustration. 
> 
> Like I said I am mad as a Hatter.
> 
> Valky.
> 
> "....imagine what it looked like to old Armando Dippet. On the one 
> hand, Tom Riddle, poor but brilliant, parentless, but so *brave*.." 
> Tom Riddle CH17 COS
> 
> "...Ther's Talent,oh yes and a nice thirst to prove yourself....."
> THe Sorting Hat to Harry CH7 PS