Editing Hemispheres (Rush album) (section)

==Artwork==
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The cover was designed by longtime Rush collaborator, graphic artist [[Hugh Syme]]. The front depicts a figure that resembles the one in the painting ''[[The Son of Man]]'' by surreal artist [[René Magritte]] who is standing on the left side of a human brain. He is looking in the direction of a nude man in a ballet pose who is standing on the right side. The overall image was Syme's own creation, but it developed from discussions with Peart about the left and right and the [[Apollonian and Dionysian]] parts of the brain, itself a theme covered in Peart's lyrics to "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres". The Magritte figure is Syme's longtime friend Bobby King, who was also the nude model for Rush's Starman logo on ''2112'' that Syme had also designed. The naked male is a dancer from the [[Canada's National Ballet School|Toronto Ballet School]]. The brain was loaned to Syme from the Department of Anatomy at the [[University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine]] for him to photograph and the final design was completed with a [[Composite photograph|composite]]. The background was a combination of airbrush and paint. Syme started working on the design before he had heard any music on the album.<ref name=RC18>{{cite web|url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/20180200rockcandy.htm|title=Classic Sleeves Dissected, Rush - 'Hemispheres'|first=Philip|last=Wilding|date=March 2018|work=Rock Candy|via=2112.net|access-date=29 January 2020|archive-date=26 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126232123/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/20180200rockcandy.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>